Tuesday, May 11, 2010
What Are Your Hopes And Dreams For The Future?
I was recently asked this question by a newspaper reporter that is doing a story about me. When she asked it I had a moment of panic. Argh! I have to have hopes and dreams? For the future? I told her that I really don't think that much about the future. I try to just live each day as it comes. Enjoy each day for what it brings. The problem is that this got me thinking after she left. What DO I want for the future? I keep thinking about it over and over. Do I need goals? Do I have to have goals? Okay then self, what are your goals? .....My goal is to be happy. Well, goal reached, I am already happy. My goal is to go where God leads me. I already try to do that. Be specific.....What about my business, I ask myself. Where do I see it going? Other people have asked me questions like this about my business also. I am never quite sure what to answer. My sister says I should grow my business large enough to hire some employees. She really loves my soap so she has grand visions of my future. I, however, am not too sure that is what I want. I can't imagine having a business that large. I enjoy my little hobby business. My parents owned a restaurant while I was growing up and I know they were married to their business. They had time for nothing else. I don't want that. What if I get huge and I don’t have time to play? What if I don’t have time for the farmers market? I can't imagine not spending my Saturday in the sun, talking to the public. And it is the best people watching place on the planet (I may be slightly exaggerating). Of course, I view that choice completely differently when it is raining, or windy and cold. But maybe having hopes and dreams for the future is over rated. After all, who knows what the future will bring anyway. I know things didn’t work out the way I planned it back in my youth when I was silly enough to think I had control over my future. If they had I would not be married, have kids or ANY animals and I would live in an apartment in the city like "That Girl" or "Mary Tyler Moore". That sounds just awful to me now so I am not sure I can be trusted to make plans for the future. For now, I think I'll just keep trusting God to take care of the details and pray that I don't screw things up too badly.
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