My Amazing Smoothie
I am fully grown now but I never buy snacks at the supermarket; I pass that aisle like it doesn’t exist. Afterwards, I buy a lot of different fresh fruit and make amazing smoothies for myself. I do all of this, without “the look” from my mother. (I am not so sure “the look” would have the same effect now.) I do all this willingly. Over the years, I may have tried processed snacks but it never stuck; it just wasn’t my thing. It has had many great benefits; one being that I don’t make dentist visits like most of my friends.
Most parents work so hard to instill good habits into their children; some don’t bother at all. The results come out 10, 20 or 30 years later. For most of the formative years, the changes are subtle; not conspicuous at all.
If you are contemplating a career move or you want to change companies, you may need to take time to improve your C.V. first. You will take time to do a course, take up extra responsibilities and edit your resume. You then begin the task of applying for jobs. This may take months or years but you continue building your C.V. and applying; you don’t stop.
When a company CEO introduces a 5 or 10 year strategy to take the company to new heights, the changes he proposes are not pleasant initially. There will be teething problems, trainings, job losses and reductions in productivity; even losses. After a few years, the changes start taking effect and the company is on a new path of success.
Most of the actions we take have a compound effect on our lives. We do them repeatedly for so long but the end results are not visible to us until much later. Actually, we are the same for some time with people who are not doing the same. Most of the time, it doesn’t make sense to do them. If it is the right thing to do, you have to persist.
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I am at the supermarket for my monthly shopping; frequently checking my grocery list to ensure I have picked all the items located on the aisle I am currently on, before I move on. There is no way I am coming back because I forgot something. It is crucial I get this over and done with as soon as possible; this is one of the tasks I am not thrilled about but it’s necessary.
I get to the food section and I see this lady with her two young children. They are packing up all manner of snacks: biscuits, popcorn, sweets… My mind raced back to many moons ago when I was a boy and my mother would tag us along for shopping. We had our trolley and it would be stacked with everything but snacks. Many times, I would stand before a row of sweets and gaze longingly for them before my eyes met my mom’s. Back in the day, mothers used to give you “the look” that told you to think about your next move very carefully. “The look” wasn’t a threat; it was a promise of pain that no amount of tears could wash away. Anyway, I quickly came back to earth and we went home. On the way, my mother would buy a lot of different fresh fruit and made sweet juice and amazing smoothies for us.