Dessert

There is a saying, "Life's short, eat dessert first." The thing is, no matter how long life is, we need to enjoy what we can. It's not about gorging ourselves on sweets and dessert, but it is about living fully and not waiting for the good things until some unknown time in the future. We wait. It's like having the ice cream come with your meal, only by the time you have finished everything else the ice cream has melted. It doesn't matter how long or short life is, eat the dessert. Maybe it's the vacation or the trip you have always wanted to take. Maybe it's something simpler like the restaurant you have always want to try, the mountain you have always wanted to climb, the book you have always wanted to read, whatever. It's not like some guilty pleasure, it is the thing that is right there wanting to be enjoyed, we just have to take a bite. Lent is a great time to think about what we have been putting off and find a way to make it real. Lots of people give up dessert for lent, but it is not about giving up something you have worked for, that form of devotion is about overcoming your desire. This is about living fully so we don't say I wish I had...This is a about living.