Memo to God: Three Things I Want, Just for Me
Just recently, a friend asked me an interesting question, and it really got me thinking. He asked me about the things I most wanted to be able to do with my time left here. For some background, we had already talked about what we were hoping for as a result of the recent Biden/Harris win — things that we would wish for in general, and also flowing from this new hope: a healthy and successful family, a united America, a proper and successful attack on COVID-19 with a minimum of additional illness and death, world peace — things like that.
His question: forget everyone else for a minute, and just focus on yourself personally. If God could reach down and touch you on the forehead, and give you the ability to do three things perfectly, what would they be?
Well, I have to tell you: that really flummoxed me for a while. I’m only now getting a handle on the question. My first problem is that I try not to be a selfish person as a basic proposition, though that has not always been the case. These days things that are just for me don’t usually appeal.
Also, I’m getting older, and I find that my first choice of fast cars and fast women has morphed into fast cars (or trucks) and slightly slower women (and really only one…go figure). A hitch in my get-along, not unusual at my age, calls for a woman I can still usually outrun…
