Yesterday, I disposed
of a dead mouse.
It was a horrid task.
I was sick to my stomach
while completing it.
But I did it
because that task
had to be done
and
I was the best person
for the job.
A loved one
flippantly commented
that I didn’t mind
doing that task.
I’d done it in the past.
No.
I very much
minded.
Horrid tasks don’t become easier
because they have been done
in the past.
If anything,
they become more horrid,
more traumatizing.
Remember that
when you’re delegating
the horrid tasks
on your to-do list.
Horrid tasks
are always horrid.
Treat the people
who complete them
with respect.