Dreams

Tonight, in case you haven't heard, there's a Powerball drawing. Not just any Powerball jackpot is at stake...but the largest Powerball jackpot. Almost a billion dollars. A BILLION dollars. That's a lot of lottery tickets that have been sold. That's a lot of dreams.

I rarely play the lottery, mainly because I'm too lazy to buy a ticket. This time I played...I went in on the office pool. Tim went in on his office pool. And, just for fun, we bought our own too. We've come up with many ways of spending this money that we are obviously going to win. There would be responsible things to do with the money...bills to be paid off...funds to be set up for any future children...money to be set aside for a foundation we'd love to set up (one which would cover funeral and burial expenses for families faced with burying their baby or young child)... And then there would be fun things to do with the money...home improvement projects that are currently in the ten or twenty year plan...a vacation home on a tropical island somewhere, along with a plane to get us there whenever we get the itch to go...building a fancy new gym...

Now, do I truly believe we are going to win the lottery? Of course not. But it doesn't hurt to dream. Dreams keep us working and planning. Some dreams are more realistic, others are more far-fetched. Winning the lottery...pretty far-fetched. Getting pregnant...more realistic. And having a baby to me would feel like I had won the lottery. Find that dream that means everything to you. Hold on to it. When life gets in the way, dream harder. We can't all win the lottery, but hopefully we all have some dream worth dreaming and worth holding on to.