I often find myself rushing from one thing to the next without a moment to take a breath.
My attention gets stuck going over what has happened and I worry about what might happen meaning I completely miss out on what is happening in the ‘here-and-now’.
I need to think about what I'm doing ... where I'm going ... while appreciating what I've got.
So ... here's what I'm going to do.
1. Go to the Beach! Inventory is best taken on the beach.
2. Pack a cooler! Inventory is best accomplished with cold libations.
3. Take off my clothes! Taking inventory begins by lessening inventory and freeing yourself from external obligations.
4. Put on sunscreen and get Sarah to help! Everybody needs help taking inventory. You just have to be careful about getting the right kind of help.
5. Leave the Plastic Bags and Bottles behind! Neither have anything to do with taking inventory but on the beach where we live they are major revenue generators for a bloated and gluttonous Government and could disrupt taking inventory because you're repeatedly ticketed.
6. Lay out an array of Sarah's bikinis! I may need time to pause from reflecting on life and substitute it with pure, unadulterated lust ... which will help me later ... if I ever get back to taking inventory.
7. "Toes in the water ... ass in the sand ... cold beer in my hand!" It is crucial to assume the proper position when taking inventory.
8 -10. Whatever.
Sarah just informed me we have a child's soccer game to attend this morning and a dance recital downtown tonight.
Loving my wife and all our kids I enthusiastically receive this news.
"That's great Babes," I smile, "Inventory will have to wait until tomorrow."
She goes inside to get ready.
Propping my feet on the beloved back deck ... I open the already packed cooler and toast my day.
