I am a creature of habit. I do basically the same things every day while at work and at home – same lunchtime routine of eating an apple and a peanut butter bar in the park, same wake-up time, same GMAT prep every evening…. these routines generally don’t change. And yet, despite what I do that would make each day seem mundane and monotonous, each day is distinct. Different outfit to wear, different amount of traffic on the roads, different food cravings…each day is just uniquely it’s own - with its own particular flavor.
I’m sure we can all agree that some days are more flavorful and appetizing than others. Those are the triple-brownie, caramel-striped with toffee nugget days when a special boy calls, you find the perfect pair of shoes on sale AND in your size, or you are just in a good groove that day and you swear that little leprechauns are jaunting all around you, sprinkling their good luck in your path because everything just goes well. I love those days. Then there are the other days. You wonder what the fates were thinking when they created that flavor of a day. It’s akin to a mocha-pistachio swirl, with a handful of cayenne-pepper covered cherries. It is just nasty upon first bite, and it does not improve upon further consumption. Those are the days when you wake up with a headache, you have a flat tire, you make forty gazillion mistakes at work (and are told about each and every single one), and there is pointless road construction on the way home, so it takes 48 minutes to get home instead of 21. You never want to repeat those days again. Then you have the days in the middle. The cookies-and cream, mint-chocolate-chip type of days. The normal ones. They are perfectly pleasing to the palate. But by the time you’re done with them, you are ready for a break. Something new. Something different. Another flavor, shall we say. These are the good days, where by the end of them, you’re satisfied with all that you’ve done, but are ready to go to bed and experience what the next day’s flavor is. Because you know it will be different.
Are you having good flavor days? And if you would classify them as not-so-good flavor days, are you going to do something to change them into yummy flavors? It’s possible – it just takes a little bit of effort, and a lot of courage…just like going back and asking the ice cream man for a scoop of a different flavor – it all starts with us.
So – with that said - what’s your flavor today???
I’m sure we can all agree that some days are more flavorful and appetizing than others. Those are the triple-brownie, caramel-striped with toffee nugget days when a special boy calls, you find the perfect pair of shoes on sale AND in your size, or you are just in a good groove that day and you swear that little leprechauns are jaunting all around you, sprinkling their good luck in your path because everything just goes well. I love those days. Then there are the other days. You wonder what the fates were thinking when they created that flavor of a day. It’s akin to a mocha-pistachio swirl, with a handful of cayenne-pepper covered cherries. It is just nasty upon first bite, and it does not improve upon further consumption. Those are the days when you wake up with a headache, you have a flat tire, you make forty gazillion mistakes at work (and are told about each and every single one), and there is pointless road construction on the way home, so it takes 48 minutes to get home instead of 21. You never want to repeat those days again. Then you have the days in the middle. The cookies-and cream, mint-chocolate-chip type of days. The normal ones. They are perfectly pleasing to the palate. But by the time you’re done with them, you are ready for a break. Something new. Something different. Another flavor, shall we say. These are the good days, where by the end of them, you’re satisfied with all that you’ve done, but are ready to go to bed and experience what the next day’s flavor is. Because you know it will be different.
Are you having good flavor days? And if you would classify them as not-so-good flavor days, are you going to do something to change them into yummy flavors? It’s possible – it just takes a little bit of effort, and a lot of courage…just like going back and asking the ice cream man for a scoop of a different flavor – it all starts with us.
So – with that said - what’s your flavor today???
2 comments:
it is the bad flavors that help me recognize the good flavors. If I only had good flavors, that'd rock, but I'd never really know just how good they are. Bad flavor days -- I laugh in their face! I will eat them with dignity and a laugh and not allow them the pleasure of my pain. Ha, ha, ha (evil laugh).
But really, it's a matter of perspective too sometimes. We all have pain but generally life is good. And hopefully there is more good than bad overall (I mean over the lifespan, not over the hours, or days, or even months). We been through bad flavor days before and survived. They are going to come again, and we'll survive then too.
Let's see, today is generally strawberry--happy, pink, tasty. But it's got an undercurrent of wasabi called "potentially overdrawn bank account."
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