Be Careful

There is a line in a book I'm reading that read, "May nothing new happen". As the plot continued I found that the character that uttered those words, normally cynical and very rarely a person that showed any form of contentment was, at this one point in time, satisfied that things were OK. So, he thought it might be good if nothing new happened, things would stay just as they are at this moment. It might seem like a good idea but is it really? Absolutely nothing new could happen.

If your child has not yet accomplished some task, like maybe a first word spoken or that first step, they never would. If you had never seen something like a misty sunrise near a small stream, you never would. Someone would never experience that first kiss, the thrill of their first strikeout or a new team winning the World Series or Superbowl. From now on it would always be the Colts and the Cardinals and Tiger Woods would win every golf tournament forever (well that may happen anyway).

The absurdity of it lies in the fact that if nothing new happened, no one would die and of course no one would be born so the population of the earth would remain the same. Dubya would become our final President, do we want that? My point is, be careful what you wish for, it just may come true.