SOMETIMES YOU WANT THINGS SO BAD

Sometimes you want something so bad that you can’t get your mind off of it. You finish other people’s sentence with it. You wake up in the morning and it’s the first thing that comes to your mind.

Years ago, it was a doll for me. And, that evolved into a gold charm bracelet. And, then.. and, then.. I guess it is a life process. Going through periods of time where you desperately want something. Not everyone feels the same way, of course. What you want is not even a blip on their road map. And, by the same token, their wants are stupid.

I’m not going to talk about world news or politics here. The wants of everyone is so diverse it makes my mind spin. And, I reach for the mute so often during the last political campaign that my latest want is a new remote with an operating mute button.

Perhaps what this is really all about is that we all have different wants. And, yes, some are stupid and some are actually pretty good. Making positive plans to move forward is usually on a new year’s want list. Good health, more money and a new job lead the list for 2016 as it has done for many years before.

This year, I don’t have anything I want so bad that I can’t get it off my mind. Unless it would be that pretty red BMW I saw of the East Beltway last week. Then again, I don’t NEED it. But, who’s talking about that?

Happy New Year to you and yours! And, may all of your “wants” (or, at least the ones you can’t live without) come true!