If Things Were According To Me:

(And I'm just dreaming here.  I know everyone has things they'd choose to be different.  What follows is just a small sampling of how I'd like some things to be, while still acknowledging that Heavenly Father's Plan is the best one.)

• Women would not stop their morning run to drop their drawers and tinkle along a public place. (Yes, you were seen - much to our horror.)

Assembly Hall on Temple Square

• Drivers would never run red lights or stop signs.

• There would be a word to rhyme with orange.

• Teeth would never get cavities.

• Friendships would never dissolve.

• Every residence would have a stained glass window.

• Chocolate would have no calories.

• My favorite socks would never wear out.

• Figuring out what to fix for dinner each night would be easy.

• Unkind words would disintegrate upon leaving the tongue. (Thus never be heard.)

• Everyone would excel at hugging.

• The description "average" wouldn't be pejorative.

• Lilacs would bloom twice a year.

• No one would have allergies.

• Hands / joints would never ache.

• We would learn to discard selfishness.

• Every single soul on earth would experience deep, soul-enriching love and abiding hope.