How often do things go as we plan them?  Well, if you are a rocket scientist or a heart surgeon, they better go well most all of the time.

But, for the most of us, things don’t always go as planned. Okay. For instance. The other night let’s say you wanted to watch the game on TV, and eat cheese and crackers, and drink chocolate milk with a straw. But the phone rings, and it’s Trudy, and  you haven’t talk to her since the third grade. So you end up  chatting and chatting about laundry detergent.

And the next thing you know it, the dog has eaten the cheese and crackers from the coffee table. The Nestlé Quick Bunny has come back and reclaimed his chocolate milk. And the games in the seventh inning. We’re losing.

Not as planned, so much.

So why do we plan?  Well.  We mostly need it for direction.  We have a task, or an idea, or an adventure… and we figure out how to do it.  And of douse…. we have hopes for smooth sailing along the way.

Now…. in the case of this photo.  I would say that the planning schematics had a lot to be desired.  Either those folks never planed on getting electricity…. OR…. they never expected that little tiny tree to grow so tall.

Either way… it didn’t work out very well for the tree.

So sometimes our planning has an effect on more than just our immediate selves… and that is when the pressure really adds up.

Like… you have invited friends over for dinner.  Do you really think four bags of Crunchy Cheetos, and six Cream Sodas will really be enough?

All I know is… it is a dang good thing I am not a Rocket Scientist.

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 “I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.”  – Douglas Adams
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To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.  – Anatole France

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