I don’t know why, but for some reason I’m into cheesy quotes these days. I like to dig deep into knowing the why we say certain things, because I do believe that words hold power. Power to breakdown us down or lift us up. I have a theory, possibly a silly theory, depends on how you take it. Constantly we are reminded when we are in public we need to wear our masks. I like to think this symbolizes us to be more mindful of the words that comes out of our mouths, especially when we are in public. Social media has been a platform where people just said and did things, without even considering the consequences. Since the pandemic I noticed that people are way more empathic to themselves and others than ever before. And this is one of the reasons alone, I’m embracing our “new normal”.

Going back to the title of this blog. I know no-one that hates chocolates. Yes, we all have our preferences, which makes us unique and that’s even better. This can only mean that life is surely a gift, a gift to be consumed. God knows us better than we know ourselves. Surely he will give you chocolates that is uniquely gifted just for you. Where we go wrong, is that we don’t even know ourselves. We do things based on what society says what success looks like. I grew up thinking success was to get a job that paid the bills; get married; have kids and own a home with a white picket fence. I thought life was that simple and easy to maintain. Boy oh boy!! did life throw me a curve ball. I’m not saying life should be hard though. In my experience, life only got hard for me when I wanted someone else’s box of chocolates. Because I don’t like “mint in my chocolate”, not actually knowing that mint was actually what I needed at the time.

So once I truly got to know myself at the ripe age of 40 years 🙂 I then started to embrace that I will never have my own kids. Not to say that I do not want to be a mother figure to a child, I think I will be a good mom, but life hasn’t dealt me that cards where I’m able to have my own kids and I’m at peace with that. And if I’m really honest with myself, having my own kids was never a desire that I wanted for myself. It was told to me that is what I should want in order to be happy.

“My mama always said, life is like a box a chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get” – Forest Gump. That said, God gave us free will. We still have choices in life. So make the best choices with what you know now and be prepared for what may lie ahead. I believe that life does not happen to you, it happens through you. The chocolates you consume will go through you, and will eventually have to come out.