Filet is on the Way

The menu called for Filet Mignon with lightly salted baked potato and a garden salad with all the trimmings. Pumpernickel bread would be served in advance with lightly whipped butter, and the beverage of choice was included. Her mouth was watering at just the sound of the delicious meal, and knowing that her order was completed, soon the delicious entree' would arrive, and the taste would be all hers to enjoy.

However, a little time before this gourmet meal was prepared, a waiter came by her table holding a delicious hamburger on a platter in his hand. “Would you like to try some nice hamburger?” the kind waiter asked. “Sure would,” the young woman replied, and though she thought about her order arriving soon, she accepted the offer. Oh, the hamburger tasted okay, but it was no Filet. For the time, it satisfied just a little, but she still knew her order was out there somewhere.

Soon, another waiter came by with a hot dog, of which she also took a bite. Then other waiters came by with a ham sandwich, spam, and other potted meats. One by one the progressively worse meats came the woman's way, and she could tell that she was now getting full. With each bite of each lesser and lesser meats the desire for the Filet was waning, and the thoughts of it being a fulfilling meal were now long gone.

Finally, the head waiter presented her with the gourmet Filet Mignon meal, and the trimmings were just as described. But it was none too appetizing for the woman. Her stomach was full of all the lesser bites, and now there was no desire for the Filet any longer. She looked at the scrumptious meal, pushed her chair away from the table and said to the waiter, “I'm sorry, the meal that you have provided looks lovely, but I have no taste for it any longer,” and with that, she exited the restaurant.

So many settle for hot dogs and potted meat when Filet is on the way. The ones who wait know dining at it's best, and the rest are filled with remnants of memories of what might have been.

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