A Dollar and A Dream

Today I bought my first lottery ticket. So I guess today I feel lucky that I live in a country that has so much money it can afford to pay people $225 million if they win - after they tax us of course. It's also Election Day and I think we should feel lucky for that as well even though we may or may not like who wins in the end - at least we have the right to do things others may find meaningless.

I guess you could say I’m thankful we live in a country where we have the right to choose and hope that a dollar leads to a dream. In my case it would be to get rid of all these medical bills and help my family. I took my last $4 out of my pocket today and said I have no idea how to do this but I need to…the man laughed and said mega million. I laughed and said yeah, I have $4 so help me out. He said as long as I let him hang my picture if I won. I couldn’t walk by today without buying a ticket…something in me had to have some hope.

Maybe that is what it comes down to, we hope for the right candidate and one who won’t lead to harm and for dreams to come true. Perhaps we should be thankful for some of the things we all take for granted – like a dollar and a dream.

Hope is something to be thankful for even though it may never come true it leads us down a path where anything is possible, the right candidate, the dream and hopefully a cure for Cushing’s disease. And hope for about another million things that I couldn’t list if I wanted to since we just do them without thinking.

So for today, be thankful you have hope…for whatever it is…