Either/or vs. And/both

How many times were you asked, "Would you like either this or that?" It might have been related to a choice of ice cream (Do you want chocolate or vanilla?). Perhaps it was about a job or a choice for a date. You could have one but not the other. In some cases it felt like you were settling for one thing when you really would have liked to have the other. Why does life always have to be about either/or? Why can't it be about both/and? Why can't you have BOTH chocolate AND vanilla? Maybe you could accept both jobs and work each of them part time if they both provided a sense of satisfaction. There are times when either/or just doesn't work for you and when that occurs, think of how you could turn it into a both/and situation. Why not have a job that you love that allows you to take weeks of vacation rather than sacrificing one for the other? Wouldn't life be a lot fuller when you made those kinds of decisions? There may be times when either/or is the only option, but why not explore the both/and possibilities in life? How could you apply this to something happening in your life today