Forest Gump was right!

While driving to a client's home the other day, I found myself craving some chocolate. In turn this led me to think about M&Ms, and then somehow my brain turned philosophical. I was thinking that life is like a bag of M&Ms. Well not life, but lives here in the USA. Thin about it - on the outside we are all different colors - Asian, European, African, Latino, American Indian, Red, Yellow, Brown, Tan, and Green (ok so no one is green, but M&Ms are). We come in all shapes and sizes, and we all have our quirks. M&Ms come in milk and dark chocolate, nutty or not, and some  are minty, peanut butter and crispy, much like personalities. Some of our Ms are a little off or almost missing. Some of our fellow citizens are a little off, or missing their mark in life.

A few M&Ms always end up dropped, rolling under the seat and forgotten. Sadly some people are forgotten once they "roll under the seat" - think homeless, the mentally challenged and sadly even some of our war heroes.

But when the day is over, and all is said and done - aren't we all just chocolate on the inside? We all have that hard shell to get us through, but that center is vulnerable - to much heat (stress) can melt us down to a puddle. Freeze us out and we all get hardened to the core. As we age, our colors and flavor (zest, spunk and impact) tends to lessen. Sure we can be segregated based on or differences, but we are all the same in the middle. And we should all be able to get along in our world, appreciating the external differences.

Our colors, marks, and flavor is what sets us apart. It is what makes life interesting - think about it - would you like your M&Ms all one color?  I doubt it. So get out there - meet a green M&M, embrace the Yellows, Reds and even the Blues - even if you are a brown one. Don't hold the colors or nuts against each other, but learn from our differences. M&Ms are loved despite their differences, why can't we just take this cue.....

Well, ok, enough of my soap box. I think I will go get a bag of M&Ms and start taking notes. Happy eating all!