There are times when I really just feel down and I would love a pick-me-up using comfort food. Today is one of those days.
In a time when jobs seem so hard to find, I had them coming out of my ears, at least, for a day. The deadlines were creeping up on me so imposingly, that I had no escape from their encroachment. Except for food.
Thankfully, we had a good stock of FIC or Fruits in Ice Cream in our ref, butterscotch flavor. I also got me a dose of good ol' Pepsi Max, your "Accomplice in a Bottle," and Sting. My drugs of choice, lately. Other than that, I also got me 3 pieces of choc-nut. All these things served to comfort my weary body and tortured soul.
I learned another lesson in saying "NO" today. While good things may happen to good people a lot, sometimes, too much of a good thing gets to be a bad thing. My rallying cry for February 2010 has been all about BALANCE.
According to Ecclesiastes 7:16-18, God's Word Translation:
- "Don't be too virtuous, and don't be too wise. Why make yourself miserable? Don't be too wicked, and don't be a fool. Why should you die before your time is up? It's good to hold on to the one and not let go of the other, because the one who fears God will be able to avoid both extremes."
Thanks to this verse, I learned how I should live my life: I learned, that to live life to the full, I better not swing to either extreme. So I learned that I should give myself a break, too.
I asked my clients for favor about extending deadlines. I got thankful for technical difficulties that would afford me a break. And I'm thankful that one friendclient found a solution to her needs. All's well that ends well.
But nothing beats an oasis in the midst of a storm. One of those is comfort food. Not just ice cream, not just "drugs" like Pepsi Max and Sting, not just my usual food preferences that really help me understand COMFORT... I'd like to try new stuff. Like milk lollipops. I once had a milk lollipop on a day that I was also particularly stressed and I realized... They're nice. But I'd definitely love to have one of these, sometime:
According to its makers, Milkita is a healthy lollipop. It has calcium in it but is it is low fat and has less sugar. Hmm. Seems like a good solution to my blues. Something healthy to stem the rainclouds forming over me.
But while I'd prefer sensory comfort, sometimes, there's only One Thing.. Or, I mean, One Guy, who could could comfort me, beyond all tiredness that reaches my bones. :) He's so extravagantly loving, that even milk lollipops won't be able to approach the level of comfort His love can bring me. ;)
http://www.milkita-id.com
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