Kathy Westmoreland -Alive and KICKING! #1

What aspirations did you have as a young girl?

I had the same aspirations I suppose as most young girls; I dreamed of meeting my "PRINCE CHARMING", having children of course. This was my great desire. Following closely in the race, though, and holding almost a nose-to-nose tie in the mix was the dream of being a professional singer, and of course the strong desire to somehow make the world a better place before I met my "end".

I truly believed that if I worked hard enough and prepared myself for anything that I could envision, it would just follow as naturally as seeds planted in the ground bear their fruit, that any idea I could conceive of and nurture would surely bear fruit. I believed that the same laws of nature that apply to "planting" a kernel of corn applied also to ideas and/or thoughts that were planted. There was just no way for those thoughts, dreams, and ideas, NOT TO BEAR FRUIT. To a degree, this belief system was actually true!

I also discovered that so much of your life just "happens" to you, no matter what you've planned. Now that's where things get "tricky". These are the times in life when one has to decide just how to respond or react to those occurrences. I haven't met a person yet who wasn't busy perhaps making iced tea, when all of a sudden...they were forced to either make lemonade to survive, or...????

The important thing is to have some plan of action, and then a good idea of how one will "re-act" to what life brings your way.

Go to part two for the rest of this segment!

PART TWO