Get Your Own F*g Pony
“Mom, can we go to the zoo?” says the five-year-old.
“Tomorrow,” says the mother.
“Mom, can I have a pony?”
“Later.”
“Dad, when can we get a red sports car like Tommy’s dad?”
“Someday.”
Parents fall back on three textbook answers to nagging questions:
“Later,” “Tomorrow,” and “Someday”.
Why?
Because small children are easily diverted.
“We’ll go to the park ‘tomorrow’. But, first you need to clean your room.”
Or, “Sure, we can take a walk on the Moon ‘someday’. Here’s a cookie.”
In short time, experience and that know-it-all Bobby from the ‘hood, confirm that all three answers actually mean: “Ain’t never gonna happen”. But you secretly hope Bobby, the joy-killer, is wrong and hold out for the possibility that there is a pony in your future.
Except as we get older it’s easy to forget about lofty visions of ponies and Moon walks and red sports cars. We opt for the logical and acceptable path. We become a cog in the wheel of somebody else’s goal. Maybe you work the plan your parents laid out for you. Or just go with the flow, and all.
The next thing you know many years have passed, and those dreams and wants and desires that once mattered, continue to collect shelf dust. But these childhood wishes are still inside you. Waiting. For “someday”.
Listen up.
Before the sand runs out of your hourglass, go exploring. Resurrect your old curiosity. Satisfy your wonder. Tap into what makes you come alive.
There’s “something” calling you — you just know it. Moon walk? Go to space camp for a week. Always wanted to travel? Discover places in your own city.
You need not leave your family, sell the farm or join a rock band — although that would be really cool.
It’s the experience of that unexplored desire that you must finally satisfy. Okay I’ll say it: Before you die.
The only person whose permission you need is yours.
Tell it to someone you trust or write it down. Have them ask you this question or write out your answer: “When are you going to do this thing that you’ve wanted to do for so long?”
I swear your answer better not be: “Tomorrow,” “Someday,” or “Later.”
Your answer better be: “I’m going to get my own fucking pony. Today.”
BE F-G AWESOME TODAY!
Original graphic and quote: Stephanie DelTorchio
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