Change
The woman in the therapist’s office wants her address changed so her soon-to-
be-ex-husband won't see her mail.
The office manger there was having a problem with that because they just
changed from PCs to Macs and could not figure out how to make an address
change, quickly, like she was used to.
A guy sitting next to me was studying the want ads in the paper, obviously
looking for a job change.
The elderly couple was talking about leaving for Florida the next day and how
the change from cold weather to warm would be good.
My therapist and I talked about how divorce changes lives, and, in my case, he
was sure it will be a change for the better. My wife certainly has wanted me to
change for a long time, and I suppose I wanted the same from her, so we all
want these changes.
An insert fell out of my Writer's Digest Magazine when I threw it on my table
with the day’s mail and right on the front in big lime green letters, it said the
following:
"Dr. Wayne Dyer says: Change your thoughts and you will change your life."
I went for a dental check up today and the hygienist suggested, very politely,
that I change the way I brush and floss and even change the brand of tooth
paste that I use. She gave me a little device that looks like a teenie weenie
Christmas tree and said it was a new invention that would change the way
people floss their teeth. It made my gums bleed so I decided that must be a
good thing.
The stock market changed today. It dropped almost 400 points and that
definitely changed a lot of people’s net worth.
The jackpot in the New York State Mega Millions lottery changed from 100
million to 102 million, so I bought a ticket from Cliff at Cliff's News in Port
Jefferson where I go every night to get the paper. Cliff just got a lottery
machine. He had to study for three days, take a test on how to use the
machine, and get a special permit. I hope this change doesn’t make Cliff get so
busy selling lottery tickets that we can’t continue our five minute talks.
I bought a lottery ticket to support Cliff’s new addition. He used to have a
woman’s clothing store so having a news paper and convenience store is a
big change for him. Buying a lottery ticket is a change for me, because I never
buy them. One hundred and two million dollars would be a mountain of change.
After Cliff’s I went to the fish store and asked the lady who sells me fish to rub
my ticket for good luck. She told me that if she ever won 100 million dollars
she wouldn’t know what to do with all that money, because she would be afraid
how it might change her life for the worse and not better.
I took my newspaper and fish and Mega Millions lottery ticket home with me
tonight and looked around my apartment—it hadn't changed since I left it this
morning and that was a comfortable feeling.
I sat on the floor and crossed my legs and I thought.
What would I want more...to win the Mega Millions lottery or to wake up
tomorrow and have my mind tell me, "I like me and I don't want to change"?
Port Jefferson
Feb 5, 2008
be-ex-husband won't see her mail.
The office manger there was having a problem with that because they just
changed from PCs to Macs and could not figure out how to make an address
change, quickly, like she was used to.
A guy sitting next to me was studying the want ads in the paper, obviously
looking for a job change.
The elderly couple was talking about leaving for Florida the next day and how
the change from cold weather to warm would be good.
My therapist and I talked about how divorce changes lives, and, in my case, he
was sure it will be a change for the better. My wife certainly has wanted me to
change for a long time, and I suppose I wanted the same from her, so we all
want these changes.
An insert fell out of my Writer's Digest Magazine when I threw it on my table
with the day’s mail and right on the front in big lime green letters, it said the
following:
"Dr. Wayne Dyer says: Change your thoughts and you will change your life."
I went for a dental check up today and the hygienist suggested, very politely,
that I change the way I brush and floss and even change the brand of tooth
paste that I use. She gave me a little device that looks like a teenie weenie
Christmas tree and said it was a new invention that would change the way
people floss their teeth. It made my gums bleed so I decided that must be a
good thing.
The stock market changed today. It dropped almost 400 points and that
definitely changed a lot of people’s net worth.
The jackpot in the New York State Mega Millions lottery changed from 100
million to 102 million, so I bought a ticket from Cliff at Cliff's News in Port
Jefferson where I go every night to get the paper. Cliff just got a lottery
machine. He had to study for three days, take a test on how to use the
machine, and get a special permit. I hope this change doesn’t make Cliff get so
busy selling lottery tickets that we can’t continue our five minute talks.
I bought a lottery ticket to support Cliff’s new addition. He used to have a
woman’s clothing store so having a news paper and convenience store is a
big change for him. Buying a lottery ticket is a change for me, because I never
buy them. One hundred and two million dollars would be a mountain of change.
After Cliff’s I went to the fish store and asked the lady who sells me fish to rub
my ticket for good luck. She told me that if she ever won 100 million dollars
she wouldn’t know what to do with all that money, because she would be afraid
how it might change her life for the worse and not better.
I took my newspaper and fish and Mega Millions lottery ticket home with me
tonight and looked around my apartment—it hadn't changed since I left it this
morning and that was a comfortable feeling.
I sat on the floor and crossed my legs and I thought.
What would I want more...to win the Mega Millions lottery or to wake up
tomorrow and have my mind tell me, "I like me and I don't want to change"?
Port Jefferson
Feb 5, 2008
© 2007 by Michael Domino
