Can You Have Your Cake And Eat It Too?

Today my mom said something that made me think.

She said, "you can't have your cake and eat it too". I have heard this saying many times but for some reason I really thought on it today.

In my head, I immediately thought "why the hell not?".

Then I thought about it some more and decided you can.

That is what life is. Life is your cake.

It is just how you look at it that depends on your perspective.

There are three ways I see us having our cake and how we eat it.

I see eating the cake as a "win" or good life moment.

That is when you are enjoying the perks of this wonderful world, we are a part of.

So, you now have a cake that is life, you will eat it eventually no matter what and it is up to you on how to do so.

I believe people do it in two main ways, all at once early, or all at the end shoving in as much as possible before time runs out.

The first way is the “I am going to live it up while I have it” mentality. They enjoy all the good flavors of the fresh cake at a young age and have every bit of experience they can get when young.

The problem is, they indulge so much in the beginning that they have to scrape the plate in the end. Dreaming of the days when they had a plate full of winning.

The second way is to put that cake off. Leave it on the plate, work hard and think in 30 years, you get to sit down and dive in. For some this is the perfect plan and works great.

For others, they find they are so tired and beat down they don't even enjoy the cake, and it's so stale they might as well leave it on the counter.

There is a 50/ 50 bet for each option, and you have control over how each one ends up, but it really is up to you. Most people don't even think, they just go and somehow end up with a cake half eaten or a plate completely empty at age 70.

Although, in my mind, there is a third option. What if, you just learned how to enjoy making cakes. You ate as you were hungry and tired, then you made more and did exactly that? What if you didn't focus on just that one cake and you looked up. You realized there is more and giving is better than getting.

Then, you could have your cake, eat it as you earn it, and have plenty left in the end to give to others.

Find what you enjoy, do that, pay attention to yourself for a minute, and screw the system.

Then spend your time helping others do the same.

Have your cake, eat it too.

LAWS CO.