So I was faced the decision; do I buy the #12…the sandwich I know I’ll enjoy, or do I try something new? I’m so accustomed to the turkey, cucumbers, bean sprouts and mayonnaise. I even know that if I add bacon to it, I’ll enjoy it that much more. But if I test the waters a little bit, maybe I’ll find another tasty lunch treat to enjoy all the more and I can shake it up a bit. Such a tough predicament.

You know the feeling. You’ve been at the restaurant and your favorite item screams at you to order it but you feel like this time, perhaps you should take a chance. It’s hard, I know, to steer away from what your accustomed to but sometimes it can be rewarding. It can also be a total disaster. 10 minutes later you could be kicking yourself for trying something new and regretting your mind’s trick telling you the grass is greener (or even a slightly different shade of green) on the other side.

Is it? Was the chance you took worth it? If you never try, you’ll never know, right? I hate that my mind works this way, but life has far too many choices for me to be a person who lacks variety. Sure, I know what I like, but steak everyday isn’t good for anybody. It gets old. It becomes stale, with every next filet seeming to be not as exciting as the last until you finally just get sick of it. We want something different. The human body is insatiable. We have infinite desires with finite capacities, and this is true in all aspects of who we are.

So how do we cope? We take the long way home. We get the macchiato instead of the latte. We turn the TV off and eat a meal in silence. We take the blue pill instead of the red pill. Or we don’t and always sit there wondering what might have been had we stepped out of our comfort zone and taken a risk. I wish there was an easy solution to this query but there’s just not. So I got the #12…with bacon. It’s true that the grass may be greener in Arizona than it is in Michigan, but I hear there are far more snakes hiding in their grass.