More Thoughts About Lunchables
1:50 PMPart 1 found here.
I never intended that post to make such a splash, but I’ve
had lots of friends talk to me about it since April, and it’s a theme that
keeps coming back up in my life.
These ideas also started to blossom thanks to this post.
So here are a few more of my thoughts.
I’m also purposefully making this as cryptic as possible --
a) so you can apply it to your own life without my story clogging your brain,
and b) to protect my story’s safety.
Sometimes, you are handed a free Lunchable. Everyone expects
you to be thrilled about it, because duh! Lunchables are the greatest! And yes, it’s incredibly exciting on
the surface, but maybe --
- You’ve never had a Lunchable. You think it will be delicious, but fear of weird rubbery cheese, sauce that tastes like candy and cardboard-ish pizza crust is holding you back.
- You aren’t totally sure you wanted a Lunchable in the first place.
- It’s breakfast time, so you were expecting a Toaster Strudel. Lunchable for breakfast sounds like a weird thing.
- You’re just not a Lunchable person. (And that’s okay, too.)
- You’re only excited because it’s free, not because it’s a Lunchable, and that in itself isn’t a good enough reason to take it.
- It’s poison. And you will die if you eat this.
- You think there might be a Papa Murphy’s Gourmet Chicken Garlic pizza next week if you pass up this Lunchable now.
The last point makes me crazy. Don’t pass up a
Lunchable if you love Lunchables.
Because it also could be a pickle and mustard sandwich (kill me now) instead of
that pizza, and then you’ll be super
upset you tossed out that Lunchable.
Because FOMO is the WORST. And being happy is the best.
“Maybe we should just
realize that these past few weeks have been perfect. And maybe it won't get any
better than this. Maybe we're trying to figure this thing out… Maybe this is
far more exciting than it might actually be.”
23 points to whoever correctly guesses that movie.
Some happy experiences in life aren’t meant to last forever
(honestly, they probably wouldn’t be as happy if they did), but that doesn’t
mean you should pass them up now just because they will end eventually.
Opportunities to
be great, or to have a great life, are the best, too. So why would you keep
tackling yourself to the ground if you have a fantastic opportunity right in
front of you? There are enough linebackers in life that will totally knock you
unconscious – why are you helping
them to hurt you?
That being said, if your life is made of clay (and most
lives are to some degree) and if you want to be a different person, you can do
that, too. If you’ve been handed a Lunchable, and want to be a Lunchable
connoisseur, go for it! On the other hand, don’t eat a Lunchable just because
everyone else is, or because that’s what people expect of you. Do things that
will make you happy.
Cookie cutters are for cookies – not for people. Don’t try
to fit someone else’s mold.
“Very square peg, very
round hole.”
Another 23 points if you can name that movie – hint, it’s
the same as before.
So let's talk about this more, and let's do more things that make us happy.
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