Eat All the Pie

Daily writing prompt

What does “having it all” mean to you? Is it attainable?

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Yes. You can eat all the pie. At the same time, you can have clean sheets. In the morning, you can have the hottest cup of coffee and a fresh newspaper. You can have it all.

The trick to all of this is deciding what constitutes the immediate best condition, drawing a circle around it, and declaring victory.

Deciding that “having it all” is something you must attain, work toward, save for, worry over, wait for is a way to make living itself a contest in which every piece of progress and every reversal of fortune is measured and moaned over. Then, when one gets to “having it all,” the threat of loss looms. That is, if a person recognizes the state of “having it all” and isn’t focused on just one more thing to make life even more perfect. It’s the constant dissatisfaction and yearning that wears you out.

None of that for me.

I want what I have. The pie, the sheets, the coffee, the newspaper. Whatever the day offers. I draw a circle around it and declare victory.

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