Something to look forward to

As my wife played with our cat and I lay with my feet propped up on the edge of the futon, the usual question arose, "What do you wanna do today," followed by the usual response, "I dunno, whada you wanna do?" We sat there a bit thinking to ourselves. The silence was broken by a comment of my wife's, "What do you want out of life, Tim?" Before risking much and giving a quick answer, I asked why she was curious, why she asked in the first place. She looked away and asked the question to herself: "What do I want out of life? [looking around] This is not it. I do not want to settle down, to have a pet, have kids, a mortgage, car payments, insurance payments as my only worries. They seem so miniscule to what we can do." This is not an exact quote, but it does convey what she was trying to say. She doesn't want to comfortably make a difference in a stationary home far from the problems of the world. And neither do I. Settling down into a house and starting a family, worrying about payment after payment is not necessarily what I want out of life either. I want to make a difference where a difference is needed. We both have it in our power to do great things -- by 'great' I mean beneficent.

It is because of our agreement on this issue that after our schooling, we hope to possibly join the Peace Corps or some other organization where we can have the opportunity to serve others world-wide. We are both in agreement that it would be a time of fear, of change, of marriage hardships, but nevertheless are also excited to truly make a difference to those who need it.