Mmmm, time for breakfast - one of my favorite meals. It was a morning for eggs over-easy on toast. I see there are only two eggs left in the 'fridge. Now normally, I would seek out Hubs and our son Dante to ask if they wanted eggs, then make a big pan of yummy cheesy scramblers. But oops ... there were not enough for everyone. And so, I took those last two eggs and cooked them
over-easy. For me.
I am in mid-bite when Hubs waltzes into the kitchen and peeks into the 'fridge. "Do we have any more eggs?" [Do you see any more eggs, husband?]
"Nope," I say, chewing. "I made the last two." (Sorry-not-sorry. They had Suz written on them.)
I deserve the last two eggs, don't I?
What about you? What do you deserve?
Snippeteers, we are really efficient at depriving ourselves, at sacrificing what we want, at thinking we don't deserve something. Many times because of others. Does it always have to be that way? Can for once we be a tad selfish and take something we deserve ... even if it means someone else doesn't get it?
In most cases, it won't hurt anything. (And yes, certainly, we would not want to hurt anyone in the process of taking something we think we deserve.)
Our weekly pickleball schedule accepts up to six players per session. Twenty of us use a phone app which lists the dates & times, and allows us to sign up on the days we desire. One of my regulars typically will deprive herself of signing up for a day she wants. She'll say, "Let someone else have a chance to play."
Wait a sec ... that doesn't sit right with me. I say to her, "Why can't you have the chance to play? Take the slot." I know she's just being nice. Yet she's depriving herself of something she wants - a simple recreational game of pickleball - and it wasn't hurting anyone else if she took it.
Once in a while - yes. Take what you want. YOU DESERVE IT.
Hubs can go eat a bowl of Cheerios. I am enjoying these last two eggs.
