Food for Thought

Imagine every day, you eat a piece of cake.  Magical cake, with all manner of mystical powers.  Each bite containing an ingredient makes you feel special.  Euphoric.  It boosts your confidence.  And even occasionally shows you glimpses of a glamorous, carefree future - filled only with happiness and excitement.  Now imagine that every time you eat a piece of that cake, it causes someone close to you - someone you care a great deal about - to feel a horrible, gut-wrenching pain.  Deep and agonizing.  The kind of pain that chisels away at the heart, mind, body, and soul.  Imagine also that you're well aware of the pain you're causing.  Yet every day, you eat a piece of cake.


Now, you have to make a decision.  And we've all been there.  Sometimes, making a decision can be difficult.  And when you're the one eating the cake - or smoking the cigarette, or having the drink, etc. - it can be very easy to put aside the heartache that you know your actions are causing.  Best intentions and all.  Because the cake is good!  However, I implore you - the next time you go to take a bite, please remember these five short, sweet little words: the cake is a lie.