I caught myself wishing it wasn’t drizzling with rain so I could grill on my Big Green Egg. (Don’t know what a BGE is? Oh, you’ve got to come to my house for a burger or my Unbelievable Chicken. I’ve tried the same recipes on the countertop grill and blah. The hardwood charcoal does something to the food. Besides adding carcinogens.)Back to wishing. When it comes to weather, sometimes it feels like I’m wishing my life away. I wish the weather was cold so we could snuggle up in front of the fire—without the TV on, John! Or chilly so we could roast hot dogs over the metal fire pit outside. Or warm so we could eat dinner on the patio, or eat at one of the many sidewalk cafés downtown. I wish it wouldn’t rain so we could enjoy the outdoors. Then I wish it would rain so we wouldn’t have to go through the guilt of wasting a precious resource to water grass, or the frustration of letting all that expensive “bought” grass die.
I wish a lot of things. I find myself wishing I had one of those automatic doohickeys that scoot all over the floor to clean it so I wouldn’t have to mop. Then I think, as long as I’m wishing, why don’t I wish for a cleaning lady who could do that dang shower, too?
I’m sure you have situations in your life you wish were different. Health, a love relationship, family strife, a sad or tragic loss. We find ourselves looking back and wishing things were different. One little change and life would be so much better.
You can spend a lot of time dwelling in yesterdays, what-ifs, wishing things were different. Or you can work through it, deal with what is, and not worry about how much better it might be if your wishes were fulfilled. Roll with the punches, and you may even enjoy some of the rolls.
I choose to roll.
when I was a kid I loved rolling down the hills. Laying on the cool grass, not worrying about getting dirty, bugs, spiders or messing my hair and clothes. When you got to the bottom of the hill you might even notice how crooked you went but you made it and it was fun! Fond memories - Now as I'm aging it gets harder to roll - heck I can't even get down on the ground to roll! One thing for sure - I won't quit trying to roll with the punches! Thanks for the incentive to roll.
ReplyDeleteWell said. I like the way you roll,Val. Great, thoughtful blog.:)
ReplyDeleteThe way you wrote this made me read it with Andy Rooney's voice in my head like a commentary at the end of 60 Minutes. Great Job!
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