Worthy

The life I want starts today; the person I want to be is born today.

 

How corny is that?  I was still depressed this afternoon.  I had planned on taking today off work, but things kept coming up, so it didn't end up working out that way.  Instead, when I had a chance, I took myself out for lunch.  I like to do that sometimes - go sit in a restaurant alone, and know that that time is for me only.  I can eat, drink, think, watch, be, and do whatever I want for however long I want. 

 

Anyway, one of my favorite places to do this is the top-rated chinese restaurant here in town.  And because my mood was so poor going into it, I ordered the most heart-stoppingly unhealthy thing on the menu - General Tso's chicken.  But as I ate, I worked my thought process into a more positive frame of mind. By the time I was halfway done, I'd talked myself most of the way out of my funk. Then they brought the fortune cookie, which I'd completely forgotten about. By the time I'd finished (still with plenty of food left on my plate), I was feeling more centered.  Then came the fortune cookie:

 

If you think you can, you can.

 

It's dumb, I know, but that phrase was exactly what I needed, and summed up what I'd been trying to tell myself through the whole meal. As I headed out of the restaurant and on to CVS (I always make that stop on the way back to work in case I need a chocolate fix), my fortune and my first declaration evolved into this:

 

Live the like you want.  Be who you to be. You CAN do it. You ARE worth it.

 

How's that for a mood-lifting lunch?  And you want to know what I ended up getting at CVS?  Two magazines, 4 colorful pencils (4/$1), an index card holder, and pack of Hershey's Sticks (Dark).  Never had them before, but they appealed to me because there are 9 sticks in this cute little box, and each stick is individually wrapped and only 60 calories each.  As I was heading into my lunch, I was thinking I'd have to get like a big bag of peanut butter cups or something.  As I headed out of my lunch, I was leaning more towards a bag of Dove Dark Promises.  But by the time I got into CVS, I really didn't want anything.  So this little bit that I did get can be used to satisfy a craving without blowing my goals, and it will last much longer than the much larger package I had initially thought to buy