Sometimes my mind wraps itself around themes and will fixate until the
lesson has been learned or taught. The last year specifically has been the
theme of how you should not reward bad behavior. It seems like up until
this past weekend's wake up call there were a number of people in my
life that I continuously allow to act like hyenas in some way or
another. Yes, I called them hyenas for good reason. Sure, there are a
number of other words that I could have used but how often do you get to
call someone a hyena.
Back to the point- I've learned that I often break New Year's
resolutions so this year I made a deal with myself to give up fast food,
ie drive thrus because I never seem to choose the healthier options.
And it was going great until this past weekend, I was starving, it was
the wee hours of the morning and I gave in to a chicken sandwich and
french fries. Within 30 minutes not only was I regretting, I was
violently upchucking like something out of Poltergeist. I realized that
the lesson on not rewarding bad behavior couldn't be taught until I
mastered it myself.
I can cook and so there's absolutely no reason I don't more often. I
will say following recipes is something new for this Louisiana girl. And
so I'm proud to say that after I went to the market and stayed on the
"outside" aisles, I just cooked and ate a fabulous dinner of seared
scallops, sesame garlic spinach, and broccoli rice. The only thing
missing was someone to sit at the table across from me and enjoy my
masterpiece.
dyism:
Before you project life lessons or criticism on someone else look in the mirror at yourself.
