A few weeks ago, my friend recommended that I try a particular burger from A&W. And yeah, I did.
I went on DoorDash and placed the order….ahead of time. I wanted to have it for dinner, so I scheduled the delivery in the morning. That way, I wouldn’t have to worry about dinner later. The whole day, I barely ate anything because I was “preparing my stomach” for the sumptuous burger I was going to devour at night.
When it was finally time, everything was perfect. The order came on time. I went downstairs to pick it up from the Dasher and came back up, all excited. My friend’s food recommendations never miss, so I just knew it was going to slap.
Now, you guys already know, I love food. Food makes me happy.
So I opened the bag, pulled out the cold drink I’d ordered, and then picked up the wrapped burger. But when I unwrapped it, I froze.
Inside the wrap was… lettuce. A chicken patty. And then more lettuce.
My brain wanted to explode. 😭
I was so confused. I actually said out loud, “Why did these people send me lettuce? Do I look like a goat?”
(I mean, I know I’m one of the GOATs in my own right, but that doesn’t mean I eat grass!)
Why would A&W send me this? Where were my shiny, soft burger buns? Where was my happiness?
Immediately, my mood switched. I’d been looking forward to that burger all day……now it was ruined. The only thing I could enjoy was the mango-pineapple smoothie I’d ordered.
After sulking for a bit, I decided to check the app. I wanted to complain. I was ready to fight. But something told me to check the order details first.
And guess what?
I was the one who selected lettuce wrap instead of buns. 😩
How? When? Why? Was I sleepy? Overly excited? Spiritually distracted? I’ll never know. But the mistake came from me.
So yeah, here’s why I’m telling this story:
Sometimes when things go wrong, especially when it’s something we’ve been looking forward to….our first reaction is to find someone to blame. We rarely stop to check if maybe, just maybe, we messed up.
Another thing I learned is that excitement can cloud your judgment. When you’re too hyped about something, it’s easy to miss the little details that matter.
So yeah, two lessons from my lettuce tragedy:
1. It’s okay to be excited, but keep your eyes open. Don’t let excitement blur your clarity.
2. Stop outsourcing blame. Sometimes, it’s just us. And that’s okay too.
Even if A&W had made the mistake, sometimes life sends you lettuce when you expected buns. And you just have to chew through it and make the best of it, like I did. 😒
This single mistake wrapped up the somewhat weird day I was having into a nice and beautiful bad day. 😂
But here’s the thing, sometimes we have bad days because we didn’t plan well enough for good ones.
And sometimes things go wrong so we can learn how to make them right next time.
Whenever I have a bad day, I remind myself:
“Today is bad so that I can put in the work for tomorrow to be good.”
You can’t have good days without the bad ones.
So if today feels sour, tomorrow will probably taste better.
And please, don’t be like me.
Always select the buns instead of the lettuce. 🍔
With love,
Beks 💜
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