JUSTICE

I won the case! I got my judgment and the woman who refused to pay what she promised for my Toyota station wagon owes me the balance plus court costs.
And yet I do not feel victorious. I feel that I trusted and gave of myself to someone who was not worthy of the love I tried to lavish on her. I feel that the "good deal" I offered with a sale $2000 below blue book value and a no interest payment plan with no restrictions on frequency or amount was misplaced. I trusted someone who stepped on me, lied about me and fought to take advantagae of me.
I have a friend who says, you have to trust to discover if someone is trustworthy.
Is it worth the price?
Yes, I won a judgment. But I learned an evil lesson as well. When it comes to business, no one is your friend; and if you think you are HIS friend you are a fool.
It is a horrifying lesson, one that violates my fundamental belief in the innate goodness of mankind.
I am happy I stood up for my rights because they have been validated. I am delighted I won the case. I am destroyed because I thought I had a friend I did not have.