Leftovers

[396 words] I once knew a family that got a lot of free pies. The reason was that there was an elderly gentleman who had an unusual “tradition.” This man wanted his wife to fix a fresh pie for their noon meal. As I remember it, if this was not a daily occurrence, it was an almost daily occurrence. The man and his wife each enjoyed a piece of freshly baked pie at lunch and then gave the rest of the pie to the people I knew. They weren’t merely trying to be nice, however. Instead, if you can believe it, the elderly gentleman absolutely refused to eat leftover pie. It seems to me that many people approach all of life this way. They believe that they deserve the best and that they have every right to demand the best. The “leftovers of life” are of no interest to them….