Let Me Think About It

Trevor and Roger came together.  Josh barely looked up from his scratch-off tickets as they walked in.  Trevor asked Josh if he’d ever spent his whole paycheck on lottery tickets.  Trevor was joking, but Josh said he’d thought about it a lot, but would never do it.

 Roger said, “My dad used to say a lot of what we call thinking is really planning.  He ran a restaurant. Said if you keep thinking about the money in the safe you’re really planning to steal.  You might never do it, but if you do, it’s because you planned to.  When people say they did something on impulse there’s a good chance they thought about it not knowing they were really planning. Along comes an opportunity and they do it.”

“You still thinking about buying another bike, even though your wife would kill you?”  Trevor asked.

Roger smiled. “Every day, all day. Just have to convince her I’m not buying a bike, I’m investing in a Harley.”

I’d met Roger’s wife. “You’re planning your own funeral,” I said.

Today I’ll remember a lot of thinking is really planning.

Dogged Determination ©2018 by Ken Montrose

Dogged Determination is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and anyone you might know is purely coincidental.

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