Today I was asked what I want. 

What do I really, really, really want.  It was a  tough question to answer.   

 After cutting through the  things that we all think of right away when asked something like this…The log house on the hill… A life of unlimited abundance…To make a difference…Quit my job…Success and security for the kids…more time…foreign vacations… what did I discover? 

I discovered what gets my butt out of bed every morning and what keeps me going and what is going to continue to keep me going is my desire to have my household  (that’s Pierre, Dad and me now, the kids are all moved out) up having a relaxed coffee in the morning and discussing what is going on in each of our worlds for the day.  I want to start every day like this for the rest of my life.  I want to start the day in this appreciative, “right now” frame of mind every single day for the rest of my life.

Not rushing off to jobs and being half distracted if we were running five minutes behind the time we knew we must leave by. (Oh yeah we did..running, coffee-slopping, byekiss all one word..gogogo…) Not having to postpone this discussion until evening, when we were too tired to appreciate it or too worried about the deadlines and demands from the outside to take the time at all…or… I was working nights again and we were communicating with notes on the table, cautious not to wake each other up the only times we saw each other…all in the name of being successful.

Thankyou to John who asked me this profound question.  Thankyou to Vishal for inviting John and Thankyou to Preston who helped start the chain of events that led to today.  It truly is the best day of my life.

-Kelowna Lund