eat dessert first
‘ you dare to be different’ – the words from the mother of two young children sitting at the table across from us at the restaurant.- we ordered dessert first following the suggestion from a birthday card of years ago ‘ life is unpredictable so eat dessert first’ – whenever we go out for dinner dessert is first – it usually calls forth a response of excitement from the waitress with ‘my kind of people’ or ‘wish you had been my parents’ and even ‘not unless you have a note from your mother’ – it makes absolute sense because what if we are too full from dinner to have room for dessert! – the sweets satisfy that yearning and when the dinner comes we often eat only half taking the rest home for tomorrow’s lunch – it also leaves the savoury tastes lingering from the main course … it is interesting how it always gets the response of being an out of the ordinary ‘no-no’– i find it as a metaphor for the rest of our lives – doing all the things that are necessary or shoulds and always leaving the wonderful things to last where there is often not enough time or money or room to accommodate them … it is my suggestion to now and then put dessert first – not as a rule of thumb but as a treat and see how it lightens up life
