On Friday night, I was going through a rough patch. I had had a bad day, to begin with. Then, I was running late in between one after school activity and another. To top that off, I wasn’t even dressed for where I was going. I felt frustrated, upset, and angry. All of these emotions took over and I snapped at almost everyone who talked to me. How is it that the solution to my horrible mood and attitude was a small gesture, a small object? How was my solution a simple piece of chocolate?
My cousin met up with me at my destination on Friday. I was in such a mood that I didn’t want to talk to him. I just wanted to go to the bathroom and get changed. He saw that I wasn’t in any mood to talk to anyone at the moment. After calling my name out a few times, he finally caught up to me and stopped me to give me one small item. A miniature KitKat.
Kit Kats are my favorite chocolates. My cousin knows this very well. In that instant, when I saw that KitKat in his hand, my scowl immediately turned into a smile. After being in a terrible mood for over half an hour, something so small had instantly brightened my day.
Chocolate has always been a happiness booster for me. Whenever I’m in pain or feel tired, sad, angry, frustrated, upset, etc., I always turn to chocolate. At work, when I feel tired, I grab some chocolate to give me an energy boost. When I feel stressed, I grab a box of chocolates and eat while I get my work done. Chocolate has always been a sort of getaway for me. It’s easy to understand why chocolate had solved my attitude that day. Does anyone have a similar experience? What solved your issue?
I think it is funny how things so small can sometimes cheer us up so much. It is great that something as simple as a piece of chocolate was able to cheer you up. My guess, though, is that it is really the gesture that made you happy, more so than the chocolate itself. Most people can run into the cabinet and grab a piece of chocolate or another sweet, but it is much more special when it comes from someone else who seems to care about us. I do not have a specific instance that is exactly similar to yours, but sometimes I will come home from school to the smell of cookies baking in the kitchen. No matter how stressed or upset I am, that usually seems to cheer me up. It would not be the same, though, if I came home to a container of Oreos. The reason for that, I think, is that it is less about the food or item being given, and more about the person giving the item. The gesture seems to be the thing that really matters to me.
ReplyDeleteI relate a lot to your love for chocolate, and what Nathan said; I think that it's the gesture that really changes my mood. If I have a bad day but then run into one of my friends and have a good conversation with them, I feel like the weight of the day is lifted right off of me. Still, if a day is especially rough, sometimes I just want to eat some chocolate and take a nap. Everything always seems more clear after a good sleep.
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