Imagine you work in a chocolate shop.
It's a wonderful, cosy hove of tasty treasures, stocked to the brim with exquisite home-made treats of all sorts. It's a cushy job, you know, the chocolatier allows to have anything you desire from the shop. In fact, you needn't even ask, if you want to try something, you can, whatever the delicacy, whatever the price. You feel privileged that you're in such a position, to have this opportunity, after all, plenty would pay big bucks to just have a taste of such delectable confectionery and you get your pick of the lot, without paying a penny?!
Indeed, you are such a lucky, lucky person.
The owner is so eager to offer, too, he doesn't just allow you to have as much chocolate as you can eat, he practically forces it on to you. Here, have you tried this? Oh, I saw you looking at that, well, you'll like this, try it, taste it, take a boxful. It's gorgeous, isn't it? And it is, I'm sure, I've no doubt it's so much better than most other mediocre chocolate, so you can't quite believe that you get all of this, for free?! You are so, so fortunate.
Indeed, you are such a lucky, lucky person.
The owner is so eager to offer, too, he doesn't just allow you to have as much chocolate as you can eat, he practically forces it on to you. Here, have you tried this? Oh, I saw you looking at that, well, you'll like this, try it, taste it, take a boxful. It's gorgeous, isn't it? And it is, I'm sure, I've no doubt it's so much better than most other mediocre chocolate, so you can't quite believe that you get all of this, for free?! You are so, so fortunate.
So, it's gracious to accept; to be grateful; to appreciate that what you're being given is so generous. He never relents, either, constantly insisting that you have this or that, coming back after a weekend away with more indescribable pleasures. You don't want to offend him by declining the chocolate, I mean, it's so sweet of him to give it all to you without hesitation, never looking for anything in recompense. The fact that you're sticking around is good enough for him. Who could ask for anything more?
Though, sometimes, too much sugar can make you feel a bit sick. Sometimes, you know, you don't want to be constantly eating lots of chocolate. So, however sweet and delicious the chocolate is, however kind and thoughtful the owner's intentions, sometimes, you know, I feel like I've had enough. I know, I know, that plenty of people would prefer to be munching on chocolate rather than crunching numbers all day and maybe if I get out of this place, I'll long for the days when I got almost everything a person could want for not much effort at all. But at the moment, I'd just like to get out of here, go for a walk, and maybe eat like, a banana, or something.
It's not always a good idea to judge situations based on other people's perceptions of them, otherwise we risk losing our own perspective on things. Plenty of people would love to be famous, but the reality of it probably wouldn't be quite as rosy as they imagine. So don't feel guilty for questioning this typically desired position that you're in, because maybe it's not all that it's cracked up to be, and you're the one who has to live with that. It doesn't mean that you don't appreciate its good points, just that you're able to recognise that it also has bad points. I suppose what I'm trying to say is that you shouldn't feel obliged to keep on eating the chocolate - especially if you've had enough.
ReplyDeleteP.S - I don't think that I could ever get sick of chocolate if it came in the form pictured above. Awww.