Recently I was in a situation that I didn’t want to be in. 
And it lasted a very long time.
There was really no way out of it.
No graceful way, that is.
And so I stuck it out, repeatedly glancing at my wristwatch and thinking of Other Things.
And I felt tense, you know, because I was someplace I didn’t want to be.
I’m generally NOT a girl who does things she doesn’t like to do. Nuh – uh.
And about halfway through I decided to just relax into it.
To accept that this was my lot and just deal.
To stop looking at my watch and wishing I was elsewhere.
And so I did.
And at the end there was a happy surprise.
Like finding the toy in the bottom of the Cracker Jack box,
but instead of a lame-o plastic toy it was something really cool.
(do they even sell Cracker Jacks any more?)
Sometimes you just have to hang in there, to get to the good stuff.
I guess that’s called delayed gratification.
It can be well worth it,
if you just
wait
a little
longer.
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they do still sell cracker jacks but the prizes are now quite lame.
but it’s vegan!
Thank you for this post.
I needed to remember this today.
great message! thanks for the reminder
You are so right. I also never do things I don’t like, but sometimes you get surprised and should give things a chance!