Taking Instead Of Waiting To Be Given

Garth Beyer

Taking What's Yours

I used to feel extremely guilty about taking a lollipop from the lollipop jar at the local car wash when I was younger.

I used to feel extremely anxious about taking control of a situation at work when the boss was taking a day off.

I used to feel like taking was bad. Now, I’m an advocate for it.

Too often we wait to be given something (responsibility, hope, time, a break) instead of taking it.

We’ve culturally grown up in a state of waiting to be given, waiting to be picked, waiting to wait instead of taking (and not feeling guilty about it).

As much as I want to say taking is easy for me now, I don’t think the comfort of taking will ever really go away.

I can say, however, that it is infinitely more rewarding, fulfilling, and fun than waiting to be given.

I still feel a bit guilty when I take a lollipop, but I do enjoy it a lot more.

 

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