Sometimes, you gotta do damage to yourself to have a good time.
Take a McD's DQP for example:
1200 calories.
Enough salt and sugar to keep you going for 3 days.
And yet...there is a certain euphoric feeling one gets from the
mystery and intrigue of not really knowing what they are
sinking their teeth into...but still, the taste makes it worth the
uncertainty.
It's odd what we will do for a thrill. We will risk thousands to
feel the rush of a big hand in a poker game only to be under-
matched by one card and lose it all. We will risk a stable financial
situation for the possibility to make more than what we have
in a shaky investment and watch both the future and present die.
But is it worth it? Like Pieces - when it's all said and done,
will it have been better to have lived a safe life or one of risk?
The Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30)
14"Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants andentrusted his property to them. 15To one he gave five talentsa]" style="line-height: 0.5em; ">[a] of money, to
another two talents, and to another one talent, each according to his ability.
Then he went on his journey. 16The man who had received the five talents went
at once and put his money to work and gained five more. 17So also, the one with
the two talents gained two more. 18But the man who had received the one talent
went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money.
19"After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts
with them. 20The man who had received the five talents brought the other five.
'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five
more.'
21"His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been
faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and
share your master's happiness!'
22"The man with the two talents also came. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted
me with two talents; see, I have gained two more.'
23"His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been
faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and
share your master's happiness!'
24"Then the man who had received the one talent came. 'Master,' he said,
'I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and
gathering where you have not scattered seed.25So I was afraid and went out
and hid your talent in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.'
26"His master replied, 'You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I
harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered
seed? 27Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the
bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.
28" 'Take the talent from him and give it to the one who has the ten talents.
29For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance.
Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. 30And
throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be
weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
