August 8th 2013
I am hungry tonight. It's my own fault. I had my breakfast
portion of rice and beans before I headed off to an all day seminar. I
had with me my container of rice and beans so that I would not be
tempted to eat the box lunch that I knew they would have for me. I
stopped for gas about 45 minutes later and there was a banana sitting on
the counter - $.069. My body really wanted the banana (nutritionally
that is probably accurate); My taste buds wanted the banana and my
stomach wanted the banana. The banana won. That meant that I was done
eating for the day. Not a good choice - or was it? It does mean that I
am hungry tonight, but I think my body probably did need something in
that banana and it tasted so so good! Today made me think about times
when I have seen the poor eating things that seemed a bit extravagant
and perhaps unfairly wondering why they would be so foolish as to spend
what little money they had to eat that. After today, I think I at least
have a different perspective. My take on it? Sometimes we need to
indulge in foolish extravagance. When life is tough all the time; when
every day is a struggle to just get by; when every penny has to be
counted day after day after day; sometimes life requires that we blow it
on a banana - tomorrow we may go back to struggling every day to make
it on a little rice and a few beans; Tonight we might be hungry; but for
one moment, we knew the pleasure of a delicious banana. That was a good
thing.
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