Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Optimism

My kids are incredible. With the exception of certain holidays, we do try to eat fairly healthy. There is (nearly) no basis for Elizabeth to think she'd get a favorable answer for the following question:
"Mom, can I have marshmallows for lunch?"
And yet she asked, with her sweetest Elizabeth smile.
It made me think, how often do I prejudge a situation? Where do you draw the line between logic and hope? Maybe life would be a little better if we all were a little more optimistic, and didn't just assume.

"There is hope smiling brightly before us...."

1 comment:

Bridget said...

Hey, every now and again, it's nice to have marshmallows for lunch. I had cookies and ice cream for breakfast a couple times in jr. high or high school and I thought my mom was the coolest. I didn't want it all the time though, which is probably why my mom let me do that.