When I eat a salad, I often find myself in a quandary. Which do I put on first, the bacon bits or the dressing? It gets worse when I have both imitation bacon bits and real bacon bits to put on. The simple matter will cause me to stand and think about which choice to make for longer than it should. It is absolutely arbitrary, and makes no difference. However, I can support both ways if you have the patience to listen.<\/p>\n
Putting the bacon bits on first seems pretty logical because you can get the entire salad well coated with dressing. But, I have a problem. I like bacon bits, and the dressing can actually roll up into a ball and roll off the lettuce. That’s just awkward.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, putting the dressing on first means the bacon bits will stick in place on top of the lettuce. You get the taste and crunch of the bacon bits, but you can lose the flavor of the dressing if you put too many bacon bits on.<\/p>\n
Can you understand my problem? If you’ve gotten this far, you probably think I should be wondering about other things and just put one or the other on first. You are absolutely right. Yet, we do this kind of thing in other areas of our lives.<\/p>\n
Think about someone that you find annoying. That should be easy. Now, how do you handle them? Do you avoid them so that you can teach them a lesson? “If I don’t go around them, they’ll know that they messed up.” The other option would be to go talk to them and work the issue out. Here’s the thing, both outcomes need to happen. If they actually did something to hurt you, they need to know. And, you have to go to them so that the hurt can be resolved. What I find in looking at what goes on around me, these issues amount to the same value as the bacon bit\/dressing problem I have.<\/p>\n
Both my bacon bit problem and “teaching others a lesson” when they do something we don’t like is meaningless and futile. Go ahead and settle up with them. Sadly, I’ll probably debate nearly ever time I eat a salad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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