The other day my wife said she was out to lunch and decided
to go to Panera’s for a sandwich. As she approached the counter she saw a sign
for a lobster roll and decided she wanted one. Then she looked at the price and
decided she would have a sandwich and a bowl of soup instead. She denied
herself as the adult came out of her.
So many times in our lives we all do such a thing as want
something then turn it down for reasons such as price, calories, or distance.
We deny ourselves as the adult comes out of us. I had just relayed to her how I
had this hankering for Nathan’s hot dog and went out and had two, with fries. I
ran through the checklist of why I shouldn’t have it, and discovered my
checklist for having it was better in terms of acceptable reasoning!
As she was telling me her Panera story, I reminded her of
the fact that the days we spend on this Earth are passed, and in the end what
do we have to remember them by? We personally have spent so many days in the
past with sadness, things we wish had never happened. To think I would pass up
a chance at a Nathan’s because that is what I think I should do is silly. I
reminded her that the lobster roll is only a just reward for her days gone by,
days that gave us sadness and despair: a child dying on us and one living in a
home because of the way she was born. We weathered the storms of our other two
sons and found out along the way that life is not fair. I saw my family shrivel
from discord and a whole history is wiped away, except for the memories.
So why would anyone deny themselves a pleasure
once-in-a-while? Yesterday is gone, there is no replaying it, but at least
remember it in some kind of pleasure filled way.
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