If I had got everything I wanted there is no way I’d be who I am, where I am, today.
There’s no way I would be tending goats and poultry in New Brighton, rejoicing 28 of the 30 sown broad bean have sprouted, or spending an entire Saturday ensuring my Apple Custard Danishes have the required number of laminations.
Thank everything that You Can’t Always Get What You Want
Union Homestead 
That’s the exact song that was in my head when i saw the quote 🙂
And same, same…no way would I have the blessings I do, nor the adventures that have been had I always got what I wanted.
The Dalai Lama is a smart guy :).
Most definitely!
Well, there you go!
It is strange to think what our lives would really have been like if everything had gone the way we’d wished. If everything had gone well for Richard he would be living in Canada and I would never have met him.
I shudder to think of myself living a life instigated by my 20 year old self!
😀 Frightening thought!
It’s shocking to think that I looked as young as that once.
I know…feels like only yesterday – or maybe last week 😊
We were listening to a programme on Sergeant Pepper tonight and that brought back the joys and heartaches of youth.