Christmas Wish List

I want to be the kind of person who has time to listen to really good live music.
I want to be the kind of person who grabs a handful of garbage and drops it into a trash barrell whenever she exits the car.
I want to be the kind of person who eats slowly, so that all her food makes it to her mouth and she can register when she is full.
I want to be the kind of person who spends quiet nights at home by myself with my dogs and reads.
I want to be the kind of person who comes to work 10 minutes early.
I want to be the kind of person who lets others have the last word.
I want to be the kind of person whose frequent response to someone else's opinion is contemplative silence.
I want to be the kind of person who installs her own appliances, does woodworking projects, owns powertools and enjoys being mechanical.
I want to be the kind of person who relaxes.
I want to be the kind of person who says nothing at all when she has nothing nice to say.
I want to be the kind of person who is honest with herself, knowning that the simplest of all possible solutions is ususally the right one.
I want to be the kind of person who writes letters.
I want to be the kind of person who allows others to believe things she doesn't and who recognizes that she is being run by beliefs she doesn't know about.
I want to be the kind of person who gets more energy from working hard.
All these things I wish for myself, for the benifit of all those around me, and for a prosperous and joyous new year.