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Last week I grabbed a piece of T's candy. I am not a huge candy fan, but I do like the occasional Starburst. They remind me of the Sugus candy we had in South Africa.
My favorite flavor is orange so I grabbed one of those and popped it into my mouth. As I was chewing I noticed that the flavor was beginning to change. It became tart and then morphed into a flavor that I couldn't put my finger on. I looked at the packaged and saw the fine print. (Okay, fine print to me.) This was the new Starburst Morph range.
I started to think how this candy represented so many aspects of my life. The package was in a sense the same, only my expectation of the flavor changed and I was left disappointed.
And there you have it in a nutshell, my 2x4 moment, the realization that we set ourselves up in life for our own disappointments. The package never lies, we just choose to either ignore or not pay attention to the fine print.
I don't like when candies, or some products, change their flavors from what I grew up with. Most a the time, it's a horrible crash and burn attempt.
ReplyDeleteI agree Brian. If it ain't broke, why fix it.
DeleteSo true. I love how bloggers are so good at gleaning these life lessons from almost all everyday occurrences.
ReplyDeleteStand by for many more enlightening life lessons.
DeleteOh, that would not have made me happy! (And it's ALL fine print to me!)
ReplyDeleteEek. That's almost as bad as the accidentally-buying-diet-for-regular in soda. They should make the labels wildly, drastically different.
ReplyDeleteNice use of metaphor, lady!
The nostalgia of things past.:)
ReplyDeleteWell put Liddie love that
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