You don't GET a lunch, you TAKE a lunch!
As much as I would like to claim some sort of Pirate motto in the title, it's really more of a comment on the mindsets inherent on either side of the sentence.
I have some smart, competent and determined friends who continually tell me they didn't "get to" do something or how they wish they "got to" do the things they see others do.
THIS JUST IN......Life does not require a permission slip.
One might suggest this is just an expression, but if you look carefully it is not. There are people who get to do things and people who simply do them. More often than not those who "get to" actually "don't get to." This mode of expression reflects a passive mindset that views life as a series of things that they are allowed and not allowed to do. Somehow life decides which - the mortgage, school, responsibilities, opportunities - something is always in the way.
Sorry folks it's all in your head!
The truth is these people choose not to act; often for perfectly sound reasons, like lack of resources or more important responsibilities and priorities but in the end it is always a choice (not made, usually).
If you find yourself envying the regularity with which someone else seems to be doing something cool take a second to ask yourself; Did you get a lunch today? or did you take a lunch?
I have some smart, competent and determined friends who continually tell me they didn't "get to" do something or how they wish they "got to" do the things they see others do.
THIS JUST IN......Life does not require a permission slip.
One might suggest this is just an expression, but if you look carefully it is not. There are people who get to do things and people who simply do them. More often than not those who "get to" actually "don't get to." This mode of expression reflects a passive mindset that views life as a series of things that they are allowed and not allowed to do. Somehow life decides which - the mortgage, school, responsibilities, opportunities - something is always in the way.
Sorry folks it's all in your head!
The truth is these people choose not to act; often for perfectly sound reasons, like lack of resources or more important responsibilities and priorities but in the end it is always a choice (not made, usually).
If you find yourself envying the regularity with which someone else seems to be doing something cool take a second to ask yourself; Did you get a lunch today? or did you take a lunch?
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