Livin' The Dream

The other day I went into Starbucks to meet my friend Coby. When I entered I saw an old friend from high school behind the counter making coffee. I went up to her and said hello. As we did the talk that people do when they haven't seen each other in years I mentioned that I had seen another good friend of ours on Facebook. I noted that she had moved to Hawaii some time ago. We both agreed Hawaii fit our other friend quite well. Then she said to me, "Yeah, James is livin the dream. She's lived all sorts of places, done all sorts of things". As I heard that jealousy flooded my heart like one of those volcano science projects. I wanted to live the dream. I wanted to have all kinds of freedom to do whatever I wanted to do! I said it was nice seeing her and went and sat down with Coby.

Later that day I began to think about our conversation. I thought about how I became so jealous of my friend in Hawaii. It was like a hypnotist snapping their fingers near my ears when I finally realized, no I'm the one living the dream. I get to experience true love instead of transient love. I have two girls with hair more beautiful than any sandy beach and eyes more awe striking than any blue lagoon. I have a beautiful wife who is more valuable than any ocean treasure, who loves me deeply and cares for me greatly. I have a daughter who is more precious than any tropical island seasoned with palm trees and waterfalls and every time she looks me in the eye I can hear her saying, "dad, you're my best friend". I'm living the dream.