I love avocados. My room mate Flint loves avocados almost as much as me. Before moving in with Flint there wasn't really anyone around who wanted to eat "my" avocados with me. I love sharing, and gladly cook for everyone in the house, but there was always a feeling of sadness when it came to giving up my precious avocados, especially when they reached $2.25 in the grocery store and the ones at the market were always half dead. Of course when you live with people who like the same food as you and everything else you have is generally shared communally how do you get away with telling people hands off the avocado?
This recent dillema got me thinking deeply about myself and this selfish urge that had me wanting to hide purchased avocados and eat them in moments of solitude. First of all, I believe that we are one. If we are one, even if the cat ate the avocado and it brought her joy I should be grateful. So I began to ponder that. Why do I like avocados so much? Well they are delicious, and I know that they are great for me. So if my roommate eats the avocado and gets the benefits of its deliciousness and nutrition, and that brings him joy, it should bring me joy also. With these things in mind, I opened myself up to not only accept that I may only eat a portion of eat avocado I bring home, but also to be happy and grateful for each bite. I was going to just love that people loved avocados.
You may be wondering what exactly this did for me other than allowing me to just be happily complacent- and that my friends is the beauty of the story. As soon as I opened myself up gratefully and appreciated what was around me avocados came pouring in! Friends brought avocados, we found a cheap connection to loads of them at the weekly farmers market, and promises of a tree that is almost ready with more fruit than people can eat was made to us. I ate guacamole 3 days in a row, in mass proportions. My whole reason for wanting to publish this is to as usual share my experience and perhaps help another person in a similar situation. Insert the object of your desire into the space avocado holds. See what happens when you let it go and love it when its around. You may just end up with more guacamole than you can eat. Peace.
2 comments:
it's debatable whether I like avocados "almost" as much as you do.
I think I like them at least as much.
hey its andy. dude this is so true. i did this the other day with hummus and neglected to give the rest of my homemade hummus to someone who enjoyed it immensely. but i learned my lesson and now I know that it is so necessary to share. as it says in the scriptures "And if a person wants to go to court with you and get possession of your inner garment, let your outer garment also go to him; and if someone under authority impresses you into service for a mile, go with him two miles. Give to the one asking you, and do not turn away from one that wants to borrow from you without interest"(matt.5:40-42)
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