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A Glass of Water Can Only Go So Far

Shall I compare thee to a cup of water?

At the start of the day you have a full glass. You get ready for your day, whether you are an early or late riser, a beauty queen or an "el natrural", a showered last night or showers in the morning, makes eggs and bacon or has a poptart on the go. This little ritual can ultimately alter your whole day. Depending on how your morning goes, you use a sip of water before you even get out the door, a couple sips if your didn't sleep well, and a gulp if you're helping a little one or two.

Now everyday doesn't have the same set of glasses. Say on Fridays you get to work from home. That means you never have to give up that sip of H2O to look presentable for the boss. Heck some people, like my older sister, use about a drop of water on the whole getting ready process, which is pretty smart in the scheme of things.

I'm not going to sit here and remind you (or myself) of a begrudging morning tasks and the fun that comes along. The point I'm trying to make that throughout our day we only have so much water to go around. Now I know that there is a tap right over there that you could get more water at, but that would ruin the point of this analogy.

I just want you to remember that everyone else also only has "one cup of water". If they are working for you, be nice, that means that they are sharing their cup of water with you, which is super nice of them. Granted, you're probably paying this person, however it means that they are taking from their water reserve and pouring it slowly into yours.

We should all be grateful that we have full cups of water, because there are people out there who start the day with only half, yet they are the heartbeat of America.

So here's to the single moms who get up a 4 to get their kids to school and themselves to work, to the cop who also works the night shift as a security guard, to the young construction worker who bar-tends on the weekends to support his old man, the assistant the is always on edge because her boss is particular, and to the rest of you folks that work so hard when life sometimes gives you less. We're all somehow a part of a clock that keeps ticking, but don't forget that you're a person and not just a cog.

You count; so cheers to you and your new cup of water each day.


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