Eat the damn cake

We all deserve occasional sweetness
London, ON
May 2021
This photo originally shared on Instagram

I try to avoid worrying about rules, or should-haves, or any other rigid constructs that tend to get in the way of a life well lived.

But as I was staring at this piece of cake the other day, this one rule popped into my head that I think is so worthy of following that it deserves to be framed. And basically, it goes like this:

Eat the damn cake.

All too often I stand over the cake - or whatever else it is that I probably shouldn’t be consuming, but really really really want to - and try to convince myself to leave it be. I tell myself how unhealthy it is, how the very act of eating it will set me back, will harm me in some way, will ruin the fitness I’ve worked so hard to build and maintain.

But here's the thing: sometimes you just have to pick up a fork and dig in. Because we all need - and deserve - the occasional slice of happiness. Because the universe is sufficiently dark and scary sometimes that a bit of color and sweetness can go a long way toward balancing it off.

Because there's only so much cake to go around. And days. And you'd hate to get to the end of either and wonder what it tasted like.

So enjoy. You can always walk it off tomorrow.

(For what it's worth, this slice was divine, and totally worth however many extra kms I'll need to do on the bike.)

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