Just another day

Today looks like it is going to be just another day in a regular life in a regular town. This is of course fine for me and I am happy with where I am at in life. I have a beautiful wife who is pregnant with our first child and we are financially stable. This of course all could have changed last night with the drawing of the mega millions lottery. I guess that is why I entitled this blog spot just another day. The office that I am working in currently had a lottery pool this week to try and win the $135 million dollar lottery jackpot. This of course didn't happen and all we won was $3, but the thought and the dream of winning that enormous amount of money was fun. The thoughts and dreams are what keeps us going, it is our desire for a better life that keeps use on track. The talks yesterday in the office were interesting among those of use that pooled our money together for the lottery, because each one of us had different desires and ways that they would better their lives. If we had won it would have changed all of our lives and of course we would like to think that it would be for the better, but who is to say that would have really happened. We might have won and then become miserable and not happier with millions in the bank than we were when we only had a few thousand. So I ponder the idea that maybe it is better to play these types of games, like the lottery, so that we can keep dreaming and not actually winning. Is dreaming and the desire for a better life actually better than having these cars, houses, diamonds, vacations, and other material items that we yearn to have.

Thoughts for this regular morning, in a regular life, in a regular town......