Anyway, there are two quotes that seem to me to go together:

"You have shown that I can live happily ever after, so long as I take one day at a time."

And

"I will never give up trying to do what I really want to do, because you believe I can do it."

The connection? Living happily because you're always trying to do what you *really* want to do. And willing to do what needs to be done one day at a time.

If you've ever been bored silly in a dead-end job, you understand this connection.

Maybe you aren't in your ideal job, but you need to be working toward that goal. You can't become a CEO if you have nothing but a high school credential, but you'll never get that credential if you don't have a goal. Oh, I know, there have been some who have come up with a brilliant idea and formed a multi-million (or -billion) dollar company. But they are the exception. The average life doesn't work out that way.

It's all well and good to have a goal/dream, but you have to be willing to work for it, too. That's what I was taught. I could be anything I wanted to be (and this was pre-feminist era) if I was willing to work for it.

My kids never expressed the desire to be a CEO or anything as lofty as that, but they're all living the kind of life they chose. And they're good at what they do. And unless they tell me otherwise, I'm assuming they're happy in what they *really* want to do.

My childrens' father was a top-notch teacher, because he loved what he was doing. He would have been happy staying in the Army, but *I* would have made him miserable. I hated the Army.

I've not made any big mark in the world, but I like to think that I've given comfort and wise words to friends who needed comfort and wise words. I've surely had my share of fun in this life!! And I plan to have more.

Shalom