Okay, so I've managed to finally finish that book on how to get everything you want in life. My recommendation? Avoid the book like the plague. Unless you want a life where your job is the thing you love most in the world and your family plays backseat to that. This woman, Bonnie Fuller, must have had a life that was so empty, she started to compensate by finding the busiest and most unforgiving jobs. So what if she has four children and a husband? They seem to play second fiddle to her career.

What I want to know is what is wrong with wanting to be a full-time mom if one wants to be? This woman says you should go on with your career and take the family along for the ride. Now, I'm not saying that if you want to work, that you shouldn't. It may be fine for some. However, in my mind, if you've made the commitment to bring a beautiful young creature into the world, then it's also your responsibility to ensure that it gets all of the attention and education that it deserves. And frankly, I wouldn't give that responsibility to anyone else. Not because I don't trust them but because I made the decision to commit to their needs and development.

Anyway, I won't be reading any of this woman's other stuff, that's for sure.

Now, it's on to the good stuff. Reading for the joy of reading.

It's hard to believe that summer is coming to the end. Soon, we'll be seeing all the kiddies with their new backpacks and fall wardrobes going to school. I always liked this time of year when I was a child. I really loved the smell in the air when autumn rolled around. I loved going back to school even though I was never the coolest kid on the block. I left that crap for all of the others that really cared about it.

I was thinking once of an experience that I had in elementary school. I was on a tire swing and it wasn't unusual to twist the rope of that swing up so that you could spin around in circles really fast. I wasn't usually that into that kind of thing but one day, allowed myself to be convinced by some particularly mean girls to try it out. They twisted and twisted and then when they could no more, they let go. I spun for about five revolutions and then feeling totally free (or maybe it was just dizziness) let go. It was weird because I landed in the dust under the swing. It was all pretty much a blur but when I came to my senses, those same girls were laughing.

Now, one could say that I would have really resented them. But, I got up and dusted myself off knowing in my mind that for once, I could let go of the control that I so needed to have and feel totally free. They didn't know anything about how I was feeling. They just thought that I felt foolish. They were wrong.

The funny thing is that I remember the spinning, the free fall and the feeling and smell of the dust. It wasn't a bad thing at all. It's funny when one can take that experience and make it a good thing.

So, I leave you with that. No matter what there is that is bad in our lives, we can always choose to make it a positive thing.

Have a great day everyone!