{"id":186,"date":"2017-08-08T19:02:50","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T19:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musingsoftheheartandsoul.wordpress.com\/?p=186"},"modified":"2017-08-08T19:02:50","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T19:02:50","slug":"the-last-morsel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/decodinglives.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/08\/the-last-morsel\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last Morsel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>She sat there staring at the last morsel of food, wondering whether to eat it or not, she already had eaten enough but she didn\u2019t want to waste food. She was raised to respect every single morsel. She, after all had known how it was to sleep empty stomach. She also knew that the tiny man was watching her eat, so if she put away the last morsel of food, the tiny man too would do the same. Kids after all imitate their parents, don\u2019t they?? So, fighting away all these thoughts, she gulped down the last morsel of food, even though the last morsel of food kept her feeling uneasy for a long time. After a while, she got used to the uneasy feeling and she went about being her usual self!!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Just like the last morsel of food, she went about taking on additional responsibility day on day. Someday she would excel at her chores, someday she performed averagely and someday she hoped for the tasks\/chores to just get over and the day to end. It seemed like she was expected to be born with some supernatural powers to be able to please everyone and to be able to take care of everyone\u2019s needs. Someday she said to herself, she cared less about what others thought, on other days, she was constantly worried about being judged.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Often, we take on additional tasks\/ duties regardless of the fact that we already have enough on our plates because either we are afraid to say no or we are out to prove our superhero abilities to the world, after all our lives are in some way or the other stirred by DC and Marvel comics!!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s good to be able to multi-task, its brilliant to have excellent time management skills and you are a star, if you can delegate, multi task, achieve deadlines and procure desired results. We strive for excellence day on day. We are on an endeavor&nbsp;to learn and improve always, so its <strong>OK<\/strong>&nbsp;to do less one day.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Like they say, \u2018less is more.\u201d Yes sometimes, doing <strong>less<\/strong> will do <strong>more<\/strong> good to your soul. Push yourself to achieve more but at the same time do complete justice to what you have taken up. Being selective can be beneficial too!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So, it\u2019s ok to break some rules today, it\u2019s ok not to please people today, it\u2019s ok if you are judged today. Kehte hain na, \u201cjitney muh, utni baatey\u201d. \u201c Jitney log, utni alag alag soch\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Begin by saying no, begin by freeing yourself from the chains of certain norms, begin to care more about yourself without disrespecting anyone and a little less about the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>#thelastmorsel<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>#musingsoftheheartandsoul<\/em><\/p>\n<p>#midnightmusings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a party or at a hotel, at least once we have glanced over people&#8217;s plates and an over filled plate is definitely not a pleasant sight.What grabs your attention is a beautifully arranged plate.Similarly don&#8217;t over fill your life with tasks and duties that don&#8217;t need your attention or just because someone is too glad to pass it to you.Make your choices!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6],"yst_prominent_words":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","blog_post_layout_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","full":""},"categories_names":{"3":{"name":"Musings","link":"https:\/\/decodinglives.com\/index.php\/category\/musing\/"}},"tags_names":{"6":{"name":"musings","link":"https:\/\/decodinglives.com\/index.php\/tag\/musings\/"}},"comments_number":"7","wpmagazine_modules_lite_featured_media_urls":{"thumbnail":"","cvmm-medium":"","cvmm-medium-plus":"","cvmm-portrait":"","cvmm-medium-square":"","cvmm-large":"","cvmm-small":"","full":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/decodinglives.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/decodinglives.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/decodinglives.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decodinglives.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decodinglives.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/decodinglives.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decodinglives.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/decodinglives.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decodinglives.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decodinglives.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/decodinglives.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}