Making the Best of…

I woke up this morning and I was a turtle. At first I thought I was dreaming. I closed my eyes and hoped things would change. But I only felt more awake and worried. I opened my eyes and touched my shell with my flat turtle’s foot. I thought, “This is going to be a problem.”

But then I remembered something I read in a book recently that said, “Suffering is the distance between what is and what I think should be.” I didn’t want to feel badly anymore.

So I went down to Thee Fish Bowl, a local pet store and bought a case of Meyer’s Turtle Food Flakes, came back home, started a bath, added the flakes, climbed in, and enjoyed breakfast.