Box of Chocolates

Sometimes things just taste better when you add a little chocolate. Unfortunately most things that are covered in chocolate are bad for you when consumed in large quantities.

Think about it - You want to indulge yourself in the Rich, Creamy, Sensational taste of a chocolate truffle. You consume one, and it catches you by surprise. Nothing has ever tasted this delicate and pleasurable before and so you consume another. Its not long before you have finished the entire box and you have to begin searching for an alibi. I like to pretend like the dog got into my goods and consumed the entire box.

Maybe eating an entire box of chocolates will only land you in bed with a stomach ache. Sometimes we are willing to live with the consequence. Its worth the pain because the temporary satisfaction of the lush chocolate melting in your mouth was enough to put your worst day at ease.

Every Valentines day my mother buys me a box of chocolates. It is so sweet! Every time I get a box of chocolates I am extremely cautious about which ones I consume. Ok, I’m going to admit a weird fact but … I bite a little corner off of every piece before I consume them! It keeps everyone out of my chocolates lol, but that’s not why! I hate, hate, hate the orange cream chocolates…there are some other pretty nasty ones too but that one is the WORST. SO, I bite a little bit of the edge off of everyone until I find the one and only coconut candy. I eat it - and im done with the entire box of chocolates. Weird? Sure, but intelligent too! I’m very cautious of what I’m consuming. Just tossing any piece of candy in your mouth could end badly.

What happens when the “chocolate” really makes us sick? Recently I was talking to a girl friend of mine who had finally “found love.” She told me that he was perfect. He treated her and her daughter like they were royalty. He was rich, royal and regal - just like your favorite bon-bon. I talked to her on and off about her and checked in to see how life was treating her. It was about a year, when “Kate” got beat up. After she told me I was just sick. Kate admitted that there was a “sugar” coating and that she had indulged in this lust for quite a while now. She knew the warning signs, but failed to listen to them. See, when things are sugar coated or chocolate covered we ignore sometimes we indulge without thinking about the consequences.

Have you ever seen a picture of a chocolate covered grasshopper? They look like milk duds. I cant imagine consuming one of these “delicacies” but that’s the point. If you don’t know what you’re really going to get, but you know you love chocolate - your might take the risk. While, sometimes risks can be rewarding they can also mean you have landed yourself and epic fail.
　
I think that one of life’s hardest lessons is to understand that while we enjoy things that are coated with delightful outside …. Sometimes that same thing is better raw. A strawberry would be amazing to consume with or without the extra topping…. How many of you would crunch on a big ol’ grasshopper?

Beware of the chocolate coating…. But take risks too! Sometimes you get lucky!