The Best Laid Plans

THE BEST LAID PLANS… When I was young…growing up…still a boy…not yet a man when thinking about my destiny…I had some awesome plans. I knew early in my life what was in store for me… I knew what I was going to do…I knew who I wanted to be. I wanted to be a post office clerk…like my dad…although he didn’t make a lot of money and sometimes times were rough…He loved his job and he’d always smile and say… I think we have enough. But I soon turned why hopes to baseball…where I was going to be a star… until I realized I had trouble catching…and I couldn’t hit a baseball very far. Next I wanted to be a football star…people would have my name embroidered on their shirt…until I realized I was much too small…and how getting tackled hurt! So I thought…I’d like to be an astronaut…where I’d soar up among the stars… until I realized my stomach ached…just riding in the car. Next I turned my attention to politics I wanted to be President…in charge of all the masses…until I realized there are some days…I can’t even find my glasses. So I chose instead to be a teacher, a husband and a father…where I didn’t make a lot of money and where sometimes times were rough…but I loved my job and I was always able to smile and say…I think we have enough. Who knew when I was growing up…with all the different plans I had…I would end up living a life that was closer to my dad’s. But those choices led to being a grandfather…perhaps the easiest job of all… where I didn’t have to to be coordinated…or rich…or intelligent…or tall. In fact…from the minute I became a husband, a father, a grandfather…the moment our lives intertwined…all I had to be in their eyes…was loving, compassionate and kind… So there you have it…in a nutshell…this is who I came to be… and I’ve often wondered…did I choose this life…or has this life chosen me? Either way…I’m happy… for my life has indeed been quite amazing and wonderfully grand… I guess when I stop to think about it… it has gone…exactly as I planned.