It's the Thought That Does Not Count

When I take my early morning walk I can't help but think of our overly Homeowners Association controlled neighborhood. You see we are not allowed to park our cars on the street overnight.

Somehow the Association Board decided the streets look better empty of any cars from 11:00 p.m. until 7:00 a.m. So if you want to see a street without cars come on by the Ventana Homes in Camarillo any time after 11:00 p.m. Cars left out on the street will be ticketed and the homeowner fined. So we go through this nightly routine of pulling cars into the driveway before 11:00 p.m. One of those cars belongs to my daughter. I pulled her car onto the driveway the other night and when I walked back into the house she came out of her bedroom and declared, "I thought about pulling my car in."

While her "thoughts" may have been in the right direction that did not put her car in the right direction. It's like the guy who at 5:00 a.m. each morning picks up trash along Mission Oaks Blvd. I see him when I'm out for my walk. One morning I asked him why he picks up trash. His response: "Somebody has to do it."

When I got to my bench it made me realize thinking does not make it so. Thinking is not doing. That's why it occurred to me it's the thought that does not count.

Tim