The M&Ms

The M&Ms

When I was about seven years old, if my dad had a meeting at night he’d often bring home three small bags of M&Ms for me and my sister and brother. For us kids, that was a really big deal. As soon as he handed us the treats, we’d go into the living room, open the bag and count our M&Ms. As you might expect, one of us would usually end up with one or two more than the others, and that left the others feeling less fortunate and a little cheated. As I grew older I realized that a package of M&Ms was sold by weight and therefore each of us kids had the same amount of chocolate but not necessarily the same number of M&Ms.

My view of life today takes a cue from the M&M experience. I truly believe that we all have within us the same amount of chocolate. It’s up to us to recognize and appreciate all that we are and can be. There’s no need to sit around and count each other’s M&Ms when we should be discovering our purpose in life and embracing our unique journey with trust and love.

“There is a simple memory aid that you can use to determine whether it is the correct time to have chocolate: any month whose name contains the letter A, E, or U is the proper time for chocolate.”
--Sandra Boynton (1953- ) American Writer and Illustrator

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