Someday is the day we chase but never live. ..
That might be the most depressing quote that I have read in a long time. Maybe I mean something different when I tell myself someday. But when I say it, I am not daydreaming, I am making a promise to myself. I only close my eyes and say “someday” when I really want to achieve something special.
I said someday I would be a writer. And it took me many years, but now I am. I said someday I would have my dream bike. And now I ride a beautiful arctic white Ducati 959. I also dreamed of someday seeing what life was like underwater. And now, I am a PADI certified rescue diver. And have spent more than three full days exploring the underwater world when you add up all of my dive time.
All of this to say that it is your choice to chase your somedays forever, or to live each one of them. I highly recommend keeping each of your someday promises to yourself. Life is short. And as my days become numbered, I can’t think of anything better than closing my eyes and remembering all of the amazing somedays that I was fortunate enough to have lived.
Beautiful piece. Not many of us can make our ‘Someday’ become a ‘Did or do day.’ But like all dreams, something must first be planted, nurtured, watered, finance, grow, watched and protected. And eventually, many of us will be able to turn our ‘Someday’ in reality and live and enjoy our dreams. Some, ‘somedays’ take longer to come than others, never give up on your ‘Someday,’ but know your limits.
What a powerful post, Kathy, and certainly one we can all relate to. Growing up, I said to myself that someday, in addition to being a writer, I would tap dance on Broadway and live at the Barbizon Hotel. For many decades, the Barbizon was a female-only residential hotel for young women who came to New York City for professional opportunities, but still wanted a “safe retreat” that felt like the family home. I never became a tap dancer anywhere, let alone on Broadway, and I never lived at the Barbizon Hotel, but here I am in my 70s finally living the life of my dreams as a writer, like you. It truly IS a wonderful life when you take the road less traveled by . . . as that has made all the difference I think for both of us!