Where Will You Be Next Year

 Where Will You Be Next Year

I have a dear friend who is going through a hard time. His main problem is that he is very unhappy and doesn't feel things will get better. In my conversations with him, I asked him to write down Where Will He Be Next Year

This got me thinking about my own situation. Where Will I Be Next Year? Will I be dead ( after all, I did just have open heart surgery)? Will I be still going through rehab? Will I still be the positive energy person I always am? Will I still love life? Will I be on my River Cruise? Will I be planning my trip to Paris to see my dear friend?

Everyone says "live for today." Although, that's a good way to live your life, it's also a good thing to consider your future. Today seems much better when I think about my River Cruise and Paris. I didn't always think this way, so it's interesting what a potential, not coming out of surgery alive, can alter your thinking.

My dear friend is unhappy today. When he writes down Where He Will Be Next Year, will he still be unhappy? Will he write down the changes and tough decisions he has to make so he won't be unhappy a year from now? Will he execute those decisions/changes to make sure he is happy a year from now.

What this surgery has changed in me is that I don't want next year to be the same as this year. I've been happy for a long time now. As I said before: I love my wife, my house, my car my friends/family and my life. Why not just want the same a year from now? Well, I now want to be greedy. I want all that, and everything else that's possible for me to have.

I want my dear friend to see things the way I'm now seeing things - he deserves it. I want to take, the love of my life, on this journey with me - she deserves it. I want,

Where I'll Be Next Year Better Than This Year.