Sweet treat 🍰

A phrase I hear all the time in university, where I believe it either originated from or is most prominent in.

The thing is, it's definitely a trend that originated and stays in a younger generation; and only these people would understand the idea the same way.

It was kind-of a new idea coming here to me, although dessert is obviously similar, and almost the exact same concept.

But what is the idea of sweet treat?

Something that you deserve, for working hard? For being so tired?

Or is it a treat of pity?

But no matter what happens to me, a treat of pity never feels good.

And then there's the idea of deserving. How do you really know what you deserve, what you should deserve, and is it something that's measured only with our subjective ideas of what we deserve? Because in that case, what we think we deserve completely varies from person to person, and can't be trusted at all. In that case, in reality, only God knows what we deserve.

Then again, not getting a treat when you think you deserve it just because you think you pity yourself...how is this any better?

Because if you were in your most rational, normal, non-emotional-contorting state-of-mind, you would be able to reason normally, and not emotionally. Not base a decision off of emotion or pity, something you could later regret.

I know it's not that deep, but still, these irrational decisions can add up, especially if we get used to the thinking that causes them. And doesn't it bother your soul, when you can feel yourself starting to act irrationally and dramatically? Like, get yourself together. Or thinking later about how you did something so stupid or for stupid reasons.

A question still remains, what do we deserve?