A wise man once said:-
“Do not spoil what you have
By desiring what you have not;
But remember that what you now have
Was once among things only hoped for.”
-Epicurus
Epicurus ROCKS!!
Is it my mothers fault that I constantly have this battle going on in my mind? All that know her would agree that I have a saintly mother- who I can never recall ever sharing one worldly desire of her own. How does one go about suppressing such things for so long? You’re a woman for pete sake!!! How’d ya do it mom? And Why??!! And now I ask, what does this make me? Somehow this fruit fell quite a distance from the tree!!? I'm a woman of the world to be sure. I have lists and lists, and lists of wishes and desires and wants.
Sure I want world peace.
And a conservative President.
I’d love a world without diseases or poverty.
A world without waste or a country with a perfect educational system would be great too.
I’d LOVE to have the whole world embrace the Gospel of Jesus Christ as well.
I wish we had answers for the problems in Africa.
I want everybody to love each other.
But…. those things will be a long time coming, and I do feel I’m doing my part in trying to better my little corner of the world, and, Im NOT a flagrant abuser of the stewardship I have been blessed with, I feel OK about my wish lists. I have fun with my lists. I don’t nag my Builder. (with the exception of the car thing) I sleep at night, very peacefully I might add, and I don’t pine away my time wishing for things I can’t have. I guess I just throw my desires into the cosmos and wonder what will happen next. I am almost always pleasantly surprised and rewarded. I plot and plan and I dream. I have a blessed life to be sure- right down to the mattress I sleep on and my freezer full of food in the basement. My body is healthy, my kids are amazing-which includes the most adorable daughter-in-laws any mother could ask for!!
But…a beautiful porch swing would be swingingly lovely.
“Do not spoil what you have
By desiring what you have not;
But remember that what you now have
Was once among things only hoped for.”
-Epicurus
Epicurus ROCKS!!
Is it my mothers fault that I constantly have this battle going on in my mind? All that know her would agree that I have a saintly mother- who I can never recall ever sharing one worldly desire of her own. How does one go about suppressing such things for so long? You’re a woman for pete sake!!! How’d ya do it mom? And Why??!! And now I ask, what does this make me? Somehow this fruit fell quite a distance from the tree!!? I'm a woman of the world to be sure. I have lists and lists, and lists of wishes and desires and wants.
Sure I want world peace.
And a conservative President.
I’d love a world without diseases or poverty.
A world without waste or a country with a perfect educational system would be great too.
I’d LOVE to have the whole world embrace the Gospel of Jesus Christ as well.
I wish we had answers for the problems in Africa.
I want everybody to love each other.
But…. those things will be a long time coming, and I do feel I’m doing my part in trying to better my little corner of the world, and, Im NOT a flagrant abuser of the stewardship I have been blessed with, I feel OK about my wish lists. I have fun with my lists. I don’t nag my Builder. (with the exception of the car thing) I sleep at night, very peacefully I might add, and I don’t pine away my time wishing for things I can’t have. I guess I just throw my desires into the cosmos and wonder what will happen next. I am almost always pleasantly surprised and rewarded. I plot and plan and I dream. I have a blessed life to be sure- right down to the mattress I sleep on and my freezer full of food in the basement. My body is healthy, my kids are amazing-which includes the most adorable daughter-in-laws any mother could ask for!!
But…a beautiful porch swing would be swingingly lovely.
My desire to surround myself with reptiles is very odd indeed, but very real as well. I think turtles are a gas!!
Wouldn’t you have to agree that a Lexus would be fun?
So there you have it!! I’ve spilled my guts once again. I've revealed the worldly side of cinhiker, for all the world to see.
Im as happy as can be, right here, right now!!
But what is wrong with a little more???
(Oooppps, I felt my mom cringe from here) sorry mom!! I love you!! And take heart dear mother-- Builder Bob knows very well how to keep me in check. He will also be the first to say that Im spoiled beyond reason, but I feel sure he would also agree that Im not a spoiler with my list of ‘wants’ either.
My happiness doesn’t depend one whit on the things I acquire or desire,
Because NOTHING, absolutely NOTHING keeps me happier than this…….
4 comments:
That's a great wish list!! Loved it. I noticed you spicing up your front room! It's looking great. I think you need to paint an orange wall!
You just really make me SMILE!!! I WISH I could make lists of things like you do, since I forget everything!!!!! And you are a more defined person because of them. I'm wishy washy, love everything (no favorite color, too many favorite songs, all sorts of favorite foods, etc.), and can't make my mind up about anything. So lists would help me. I admire people who know what they like, like what they have, and are on the lookout to make things even nicer in their homes, yards, etc.
So I guess once again, you are my HERO!
mom, you are a crazy lady. you spend to much time in thinking of these things and not acting on them, I think we all fall into that catagory. You are indeed spoiled, but we still love you. Rob
I love your posts!!! By the way, that picture of Lachlan with the HUGE mouth is priceless!!!
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