Living The Dream

Do you ever dream? Do you ever think of how your life could have been different? Someone posed the question to me yesterday, if you could do anything in the world what would it be. I thought for a second & said, “I don’t know”. You know I couldn’t really think of anything. Is there a problem with me that I have never really dreamed of that?  There is a song on the radio that says, “This is your life, are you who you wanted to be”. Did you think your life would turn out as it did? On our way home Elicia asked me “so you have never really dreamed” I replied, I guess I am living the dream. She asked what I meant & I said that the only thing I ever wanted in life was to be a dad. That was the only thing that I can remember dreaming about. So I guess I am living the dream I said. Are we not the model middle class American, a house, two kids, two cars, a dog & cat, an income, how many people dream about that?

As I listened to a passage of a book about making your life count, I had to wonder, does my life count. Am I just going paycheck to paycheck completely numb to everything? Has this world desensitized me?
It is a routine everyday, get up, go to work, come home, watch the news, play with the kids, go to bed & repeat. I have heard the saying “Live & Let Live” a few times this week, & it has made me question myself. Am I living? I liked in Jeremy’s post today the paragraph about Kyle Lakes & living. Is what you are doing with your life reveal Christ in you? Are you living? Are you dreaming & working towards your dream & does your dream line up with God & his plan for your life? When you die are your friends & family going to forget you, or will they say he/she really lived & made their life count. I guess I just have a lot of questions that I need to answer.

Sorry for the depressing post, but I have a lot of things causing me to ask some questions about myself right now.

On a lighter note I got word of mutiny among the ranks of the F.T.U. It seems the flaming-er became the flamingo-ee. It seems the leader never purchased flamingo insurance. I thought it was funny.

Well we are getting hit with our first snow right now. Here was my weather email this morning, Prepare for winter! Rain will change to snow this afternoon, but the winds present a big problem by tonight with gusts near 50 MPH. Look for 2" to 4" of snow around the metro with high winds creating treacherous travel conditions. A winter storm watch is in effect from tonight through tomorrow morning. How wonderful, I love Iowa. It was 70 degrees a week ago. Living out in the country now with no wind block & the wonderful winds of Iowa (we are the windiest state in the us with exception to IL & the wind from lake Michigan) I am kind of scared not knowing how bad my driveway & road are going to blow shut. We will see in the morning.