Day 10: Sing with the Windows Down

So many times we have to be peerrrrffeeccctttt....at everything.

Do you feel that way? Have to have the perfect car, house, family, job, life, equipment, latest technology....I could go on forever. I see this every day. Many people that I see expect perfection from their children - maybe the just want the best, but mostly I see added stress for absolute no reason.

I guess I don't understand because I realize how flighty everything on this Earth is. How you think that you are following the right path only to find that the path you are on is going the wrong way.

Why is that?

Often it's because we are too busy trying to see what we should do instead of seeing what is right in front of us. I say this only to myself - I'm SUCH a planner. And Kenny is a LIVE(R) - he enjoys being in the moment...the moment I've been errr planning since 4th grade. Funny thing is - everything I have planned up til now has not happened like it was supposed to. Case in point - when Kenny and I were in our 4th year together at Tech EVERYONE was getting married - and I was OBSESSED with it. I even made a book - that has long been trashed - of everything we would have at our wedding. 3 years later.....our wedding was NOTHING like I had 'planned' - and Kenny was absolutely right. You see, our life changes every 30 days...it adjusts, new opportunities arise, surprises happen, natural disasters happen....and the plans fly out the window.

So instead of having so many plans that you can never get to - roll down the windows and enjoy life. This is NOT to say that you should not plan - goal set - or dream - but it is to say that sometimes the right thing to do is live in the moment.

Tonight was just one of those nights, I need to do a million things, I should've listened to a webinar on the way home...but instead I rolled down the windows and sang like my life depended on it. I didn't care about what others thought when I rolled up next to them...I just lived. I breathed in the [hot] air...and enjoyed life.

Do that tomorrow - between picking up and dropping off the kiddos - after work - or during lunch.

Sometimes I think dogs have the right idea, when you roll the windows down you can truly live.

I know you can see my boys out the window - one day I'll have to shoot that picture!

With love always,
Lida