I woke early and went for a walk on the beach. It was a beautiful sunny morning.


We experience fantastic sunsets here on the Gulf Coast but rarely experience the sunrise from the beach. To view them you need to be in downtown St. Petersburg or driving across the Howard Franklin Bridge to Tampa. Even so...this morning Mother Nature painted the sky with a beautiful kalidescope of colors to welcome the morning.


It was amazing! No one else was on the beach yet. Today I was so happy and felt very fortunate to be enjoying this experience.


As I walked, a thought crossed my mind....."What would I want to do if I had enough?" Hmm, this was a different question from the ones I ususally asked myself. "What if I had enough?" is different then "What would I do if I won the lottery?" That question is about money and how it can be shared, what bills can be paid, trips can be made and what can be bought.


"What would I do if I had enough?" This means - what would I do if I had not only enough money, but also enough time, courage, stamina, and good health?


The same freedom of choice a child experiences when they answer..."What would you like to be when you grow up?"


I realized as I walked that each time in the recent past I had asked myself what would I like to do, I always found obstacles to put in my way - not just in the way of doing something new, but from even considering changes. Obstacles not only financial, or concerning fitness, but also geography, and concerns over what others may think pop into my mind.


Removing all the "what ifs" - "I shoulds" - "if onlys" and "after I do this and after I do that" certainly is interesting.


"What would I like to do if I had enough?". The answer hasn't come to me yet. How exciting it will be when it surfaces (smile).