It just means you get to use a new one

Sam Taylor, a Massachusetts potter, once told me that people think he will be upset when they tell him that a mug they bought from him has broken. He explained he wasn’t upset at all because it meant that people would be ready to buy a new one – a plus for him!

I got to remember that again this morning when I broke my current water cup. Instead of being upset I thought, with a toast to Sam, now I get to use the one pictured above that I bought at the Evanston sidewalk sales this Spring.