When I finished cutting the grass I was soaked in sweat. My
legs ached from pushing the lawnmower up the steep hill in the backyard.
Cutting the grass was nothing special, just a routine part
of living in the suburbs. Still, I thought I deserved a little reward.
I called Dr. Deb who was on her way home from work to ask if
she could get me a small shake.
“What’s the occasion?” she asked.
“I cut the grass.”
“In this heat?” She brought me a large chocolate shake and a
container of fries covered in chili sauce.
As I ate my fries, I thought about how people, including me,
failed to reward themselves for doing something difficult if that something was
routine.
Today
I will reward myself for doing something difficult even if it’s routine.
Fawlty Showers 2
is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and anyone you
might know is purely coincidental.
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