Hey, !
Yesterday was National Cook a Sweet Potato Day.
It reminded me of the sweet potato that's sitting in my pantry at this moment.
There is USUALLY a sweet potato sitting in my pantry. I always INTEND to cook it. But I rarely do.
Usually, it sits in there until it grows enough roots that it could basically walk itself to the trashcan.
I really love sweet potatoes. I don't like taking the time to cook.
So I buy one sweet potato. Just one. And always have the best intentions. "I WILL cook it this time!"
My teenager always tries to discourage me from buying it. "You KNOW you're not gonna eat it."
And she's right. But I buy it anyway.
She laughs at me. I laugh at myself. She shakes her head as I put the sweet potato in the shopping cart.
When we get home, I put the sweet potato front and center in the pantry so I SEE it every time I open the door.
And it sits there til it rots.
I've come to accept this about myself. It'll be one of those goofy stories my daughter tells and retells when I'm no longer on this earth - how she remembers always having ONE sweet potato in the pantry because her mom insisted on buying one but never ate it.
What odd quirk do you have? Do you fight against it or just go with it? Do you beat yourself up for it or accept it? How would your confidence, your ability to just be you, change if you simply accepted it as part of you - as immutable as your height or your eye color?
Try it and see.
If you ever come to my house, chances are high there will be a sweet potato in my pantry. Just one. There is one there right now.
This time I WILL cook it.
Maybe tomorrrow...
