By: Edward Ball
I was about seven or eight years old running errands with my Momma. We were in a store and I did something I had no business doing, like most kids. A few hours had passed before we made it home. The ride home was normal, outside of me making small talk in an attempt to make her forget my transgression inside the store.
Once home I thought all was forgotten and forgiven. We unloaded the goods we picked up from our errand runs. I winded down by getting my school clothes together and taking a shower. I got snug in my warm bed and here comes the piper. I had to pay for what I did 
earlier in the store. I paid with my behind by getting one of those beatings that would get a parent today sent to jail. At that moment I learned that the piper always has to be paid.
We never completely get away with things. Somewhere down the road we have to hand over payment for our actions. We live for fifty or sixty years eating deep fried foods then out of the blue we have a heart issue. We claimed someone else’s kids on our taxes eight years ago and now our pay checks are being garnished and our refunds confiscated.
Don’t take shortcuts, don’t think you are slick and do not assume you have gotten away with something. Instead pay your dues, put in work and one day you will be the piper getting paid!