Cupcake-Sized Contentment

What if everyday you could eat as much of your favorite dessert as you desired? Putting aside the fact that it is highly likely that you would get sick of the sheer amount of sugar consumed, would you do it?

I must admit: I would be tempted., I realize that I could never do it. The meaning of dessert would lose its value and a sugary treat would turn into something as cheap as rice. What was once special would become commonplace.

Isn't that just like life? When I experience many sweet moments everyday for a period of time, I begin to become accustomed to them and then take them for granted. My level of contentment in life can be so circumstantial that even in the best of times I can think of something more that I would like, something even sweeter to the taste. However when I eat rather bland food like rice without experiencing the sweetness of a cupcake for many months, I savor the one time that I can have it. Similarly, when my life seems so mundane and so daily, the time that I spend admiring the vibrant blooms of a tree or laughing hysterically with a friend are like dessert to my soul. When all that is around me is good and beautiful, my vision settles and adjusts to a new color scheme and can no longer see the blessings in my circumstances. However when there is a lack of good around me and then I see a glimmer of light, my heart leaps for joy. It seems as if only when the good is taken away from me am I able to see the goodness in my life.

I suppose it'll just take a cupcake-sized portion of sweet times to understand contentment in this mundane and daily life.

At least for now.