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“Before McDonald’s, I went to Bath and Body Works.” “Was there a candle sale?” Eleanor asked with an edge of frantic excitement to her voice. “I sure hope so,” Kirsten said, “because if you pay full price for a three-wick candle, you’re a damn fool.”
“I don’t have the time for a pasta-based spiritual journey, but if life ever asks me a question, I promise I’ll answer in the affirmative.”
Sometimes it helps to think back to what made us happy when we were young, before we met people who told us our dreams were silly or unrealistic. What lit up your heart when you were a kid? Maybe that’s your thing.
That’s just what life is. Even if you’re happy with the path you went down, part of you always wonders what was on that other road you passed a few miles back. That doesn’t mean it’s some grand tragedy. But it’s a loss all the same.”
Maybe she wouldn’t ever find one big thing that lit her up; maybe it was enough to be constantly discovering a million little things that made life worth living.
