In the book "365 Health And Happiness Boosters" by M.J.Ryan she asks:
"Have you ever had truly gracious service from a waiter? (...) What if you treated yourself just as well right now? What if you gently required if there was anything you needed and then quickly went off to get whatever was required?"
Well, I had this service for three splendid days in the Park Hotel in Bremen.
Such a lovely stay - they even served 3 days full of sunshine, which is VERY unusual for my dear northern home city Bremen.
I felt pampered and really happy.
And when coming back into pastorale Bavaria having a lot of digital trouble with the Bundesbahn (German railway) and I went so nuts that for a moment I couldn't remember my password for my email-account (I use it every day!), I suddenly thought of Mrs Ryans' question and asked myself what would help me in this (mini) crisis at once?
Instantly I got the answer: "A nice cuppa tea - and please: not the usual elegant Darjeeling but a strong brick-red English tea with lumps of sugar and milk in it - as served in the novels of Barbara Pym for women under shock!"
My normal tea is Darjeeling without milk and sugar, because I read in a health report that it is far more healthier to drink it that way - milk seems to disturb valuable health qualities. But now I thought: "Who cares! I need something very strong and very uplifting now!"
And it did work.
What do you think of this self-serving rule? Do you treat yourself well - as well as you would treat a friend? Do you?