Friday, April 2, 2010

You're the Sweetest Berry on the Vine

When I try to compare one person to another, it's almost impossible. I deduced that trying to differentiate between Person A and Person B would be like trying to compare an apple to an orange. It just can't be done.

An apple is not 'better' than an orange and vice versa, they're just different. Sometimes you feel like eating an apple, sometimes you fancy an orange. In the same way, sometimes you feel like hanging out with Person A, and other times, you'd rather be with Person B.

Apples prevent various forms of cancer, oranges give you Vitamin C and apparently if you drink a lot of orange juice, your desire for liquor is greatly reduced. Who knew?

In terms of the people in your life, they bring you benefits too, some are sweet, they make you feel happy and special and inevitably will make you want to spend more time with them (i.e you'd eat more apples because you know they taste sweet)

On the other hand, some people may leave you with a sour taste in your mouth. They might tell you things you don't want to hear, or they might create a sinking feeling in your stomach if they hurt you. (i.e a bad fruit would put you off them for a while, until you forget about the bad experience you had with it)

All fruits take time to ripen, and we humans also need so many different elements to grow. The basics are the same in both instances, air, water, sunlight. Once in a while, we may get some shit (fertilizer) thrown our way. What we need to learn is that it might be a stinky situation at that time, but it's only gonna make us become stronger eventually.

There is no fruit that is better than the rest, sometimes you get a rotten one in a bunch, but we should savor the sweetness every other fruit has to offer instead of questioning why one of them went bad.

Find the fruit that suits your tastes and together the both of you could consistently enjoy healthy, sweet fruit salad experiences that are different each time.