
Wouldn't It Be Nice If. . .
Many of us, myself included, wish for something better in our life. . .very often, LOTS of something betters! But instead of imagining ourselves in that better place and all the positive feeling we will experience once we have what we desire, our thoughts somehow can’t help but linger in the uncomfortable place of our current circumstances. It's easy, it's natural to dwell in our now reality and believe that is all there is for us -- what is before our eyes in our experience

“What are you going to be. . . .”
A pleasant memory popped into my head the other day — a story my Mother told me a long time ago. . .something of which she was proud to share with me. She told me of a time when I was about 4 or 5, when a friend of the family who was meeting me for the first time and wanting to make conversation, asked me “. . .and what are you going to be when you grow up?” My reply, after pondering the question briefly, “A big girl.” Though probably not the answer anyone was expecting, it m