Carrots are a treat you sometimes bring horses, an affirmation so they will come over and hang out with you. Carrots are a way of saying there’s something in it for them, and helping to associate you with something positive, with a reward.
I have to tell you, I seem to be totally lacking carrots in my life. Seriously, completely devoid of carrots in all areas. I was lamenting this lack of carrot-tude with the Lord the other day. Good grief, it has really gotten ridiculous. People these days are very good at heaping on scorn, complaints, criticism, but very stingy with the carrots.
My work called trying to get me to work last weekend. What do I get out of the deal? Over time. The problem with over time is that it puts me in a higher tax bracket and makes my pay checks smaller. “But on paper you’ve made more money,” they announced cheerfully. Well, call me crazy, but I just don’t want a paper carrot! What’s with that? Is that like a virtual carrot or something?
There’s a blogger that has kicked me out, wants me to apologize, change my alleged bad thought before I leave any comments on his site. Somewhat amusing, there are more than 58 million blogs on WP, just where’s my carrot here? Surely the guy doesn’t believe that being allowed to comment and his little blog is some kind of carrot? He does, he thinks he is the carrot. Dude, you are so not a carrot.
Sadly, I tried to clean our floors yesterday, but in a matter of moments the muddy dog was in the house, a pot of dirt went flying, and someone spilled their coffee. So now my floors look worse than they did before I began, so no carrot there. Learned helplessness is just starting to set in when to comes to cleaning.
Some people don’t seem to understand how carrots work. Like if you yell at someone and condemn them to eternal damnation in the fires of global warming hell, where’s the carrot? We’re now operating in the realm of negative numbers. Someone must work very hard just to reach up to your zero. Zero however, is not actually a number. What do I get out of the deal? A zero. You can’t ever please someone who thinks you’re already below zero.
There are rules people, carrot rules.
Carrots are kind of important. I am all about the nature of sacrificial love, of doing right without any kind of reward, but one simply cannot run their entire life that way. There must be some carrots hidden somewhere or else eventually you will just look across the pasture and ask, why bother? Why expend the energy actually walking over towards the fence? There’s no carrot there.
newenglandsun said:
The sacraments are very much like carrots. They are how God takes care of our souls and heals us and leads us to him. I know when I don’t receive the eucharist, my strength for the week is not going to be as strong as if I did receive it.
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insanitybytes22 said:
Oh, I like that! Carrots for our souls. 🙂
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newenglandsun said:
And for our bodies–they go hand-in-hand 🙂
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Paul said:
IB with her carrot – not sure why:
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insanitybytes22 said:
Ha! Thanks, Paul 🙂
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Paul said:
It was the look on the bunny’s face, as if to say: Is this really mine? Really, for sure?
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insanitybytes22 said:
LOL! Yes, I can relate.
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cracTpot said:
Carrots are crucial! I am very vigilant in making sure my family eats all their vegetables…but all my carrots go directly in the mouths of others so how do I get my eight servings a day? And when you don’t eat enough vegetables…Isn’t that how you get scurvy? Arrgh matey, no wonder I’m so tired!
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insanitybytes22 said:
LOL, pirates! I love pirates. Scurvy is no fun however. Very important to eat your veggies or some fruit or something.
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Rebecca LuElla Miller said:
Good post, IB. It could have political implications—I was thinking, Bernie Sanders should read this. But I think it has greater spiritual implications. The carrots we followers of Jesus Christ receive explain why we obey Him, why we want to please Him. It’s not about following rules for rules sake or for avoiding punishment. We’re the horses and we just want to hang out with the Giver of carrots. 😀
Becky
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atimetoshare.me said:
You deserve a whole bunch of carrots IB. I’m sending them virtually. Your blog stimulates thinking about some tough subjects which we all need to take a second look at sometimes.
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Salvageable said:
IB, you are one to soar with the eagles, and yet so often you seem to be surrounded instead by turkeys. Hang in there… your carrots are on the way to you, sooner than you can imagine. J.
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bluebird of bitterness said:
You can come and comment on my blog any time you feel like it — I promise I won’t kick you out. 🙂
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bluebird of bitterness said:
Oh, and here are some carrots for you…
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