Which Reminds Me

It is true that many American parents tell their children that they can do anything when they grow up, even run for president. That is because we don't want to put too many limitations on our children's imaginations, dreams, ambitions for their future life. We want them to be free and unencumbered by our own prejudices and problems. We want to see them go far beyond what we were able to accomplish in our short lifetimes. Of course, life happens and we all find our places. Life is short. Few are the choices we are given, as the song says. And while we know that we are loved whatever we may do, we only know that we do not want to run for president or anything close to that. What a nightmare. You have to be so perfect all of the time and never make any mistakes of any kind and say the right thing on every occasion. You have to sell your soul to the "people" and be thrown around by every Tom Dick and Harry crank that comes along. Parties are so meaningless nowadays. Blah blah blah. I started early with making mistakes plus I was just never in the right place at the right time for that, not to mention that I am also a girl, so it would be ridiculous for me to imagine getting involved in electoral politics of any kind, much less anything presidential. We obviously know that only a very few have the ambition and calling to be president of the nation. Even the thought of college president sounds so lofty and unreal. So really, it should be no surprise that I would not be rushing to get involved in politics of any kind. That was never what I meant by that.