Many people remember the movie Forrest Gump very well. I, on the otherhand, only remember this phrase:
“…Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are gonna get.”
I convinced myself that life--my life--was going to be just like that. I never knew what I was going to get and just tried to make it through each day in preparation for the unknown coming my way the next day. As of yesterday, I had to put this way of thinking to rest.
Think about it… When we go to the store to buy a box of chocolate, we are faced with many choices. We can choose the chocolate-covered cherries, the chocolates with nuts, the chocolates with chewy centers, or a combination of all three. Do we really not know what we are going to get inside that box of chocolates?
Yesterday I reminded myself that I need a sense of purpose and a commitment to move forward doing something that I believed within my soul that only I could bring to fruition. It had to include others and would only be fulfilled through everyone coming together to make it happen. I had my box of chocolates right under my nose, but as I was contemplating whether I wanted the chocolate with nuts, the cherry-covered chocolate, or the ones with chewy centers, I clearly saw that if I just went with the box that had all three I could find a way to be happy. My focus in the past had been too narrow--my decision was becoming too finite.
Yesterday I took the step of tearing off the wrapper and revealing my box of my chocolates. Today, I move forward--one bite at a time. My life can be like a box of chocolates, only my box was pre-determined for me and I know what is inside of it. It was up to me to accept it or not, but now I know it was meant for me.
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