The debate that is raging around Governor Sarah Palin’s nomination as the Republican VP candidate got me thinking about a lot of things. I won’t go into them all now, but the one I want to address here is this notion of having it all.

One woman on the Working Mother Magazine’s Momblog seemed concerned that Sarah Palin can’t have it all successfully – something will have to give.

The problem I have with that notion is what the idea of having it all really means. To me, being the Vice President of the United States doesn’t rank anywhere NEAR the vision I have for myself or my family. To me, that is the anti-having-it-all, but that is my point: TO ME. I think having it all is a state of mind. An individual’s mind. That means that it is highly personal. One woman’s all is another woman’s hell.

I think the key to feeling like you have it all is in being happy with where you are and what you’ve got. Sure, I could have more this or that but I could also have less. Either way won’t make me happier. My spiritual side tells me I am right where I need to be at this very moment. To me, THAT is what having it all is.

So what does it mean to you? What’s stopping you from achieving it all?