Celebrations and Victories

Celebrations/Victories are fun.

Yesterday I completed something that was loooong over due, and then had the satisfaction to see that the work paid off. I then awarded myself with a nice cigar for my success, as I often do.

I am lucky in that I work part-time in the cigar industry, and get to celebrate victory on a regular basis. (Every time I go to the shop I have a cigar.) Do not hate, I just get to work in one of my hobbies and that is a victory itself, so why shouldn't I celebrate every time?

Others will celebrate in other ways, we each have our own delight in how we mark accomplishment. Maybe a special treat like a fancy coffee, some chocolate, a new piece of clothing, a good meal, or a nap, whatever, we all mark victories in some way.

Indulgence is a very human thing, while other animals have been noted to let the preverbal hair down and relax, it is much more a homo sapient thing. Is it our 'superior' brains that want us to indulge? That we are on top of the food chain and/or have lost that 24/7 drive to survive? Have we evolved enough to  have this need? All valid questions in my opinion and probably all have answers, but when we have arrived at that conclusion we will just squander it away in some celebration.

It is the season of celebrations, so be careful out there and enjoy!