Cookie

A cookie can fill us up or make us hungry.

What is the first impression you have on a cookie? Mine is a simple edible piece of round shaped food. If I was a kid, some chocolate chips would brighten my eyes. Cookies are great for people of all ages. There are cookies for every walk of life.

Plain butter cookie tastes finest. They are the newborns. They are the potential. They easily adapt to new environments. They simply melt in your mouth. They cheer you up.

Then the bakers get innovative. They add in colour, taste, texture, nutrition, and even make the plain cookies into various shapes and sizes. Everything turns from plain to interesting in just a snap.

Having too much of cookies may create boredom. We soon add in other things that complement the cookie at hand. We feel like we are on cloud nine.

Soon enough, we come to realize that we had too much cookie. It is time to tone down and get back to the basics, the classic plain round shaped butter cookie.

Life is like a cookie.

When we are born, we are like plain butter cookies. We are adorable, and everything nice. Whatever we see, it is always beautiful. Whatever we learn, it is always new. We are so naïve we can make everyone an idol. The voice of our parents is music to our ears. Every time the sun rises is a new day for an adventure. We only know love and love only creates a huge giggle that brightens up everyone around.

Time passes. We begin to have our own thinking. We learn to walk. We begin to talk and understand what the adults are chatting about. We become inventors of our own imagination. We experiment on everything that interests us. We feel special. We are the most important person to ourselves in the whole universe.

Children have dreams beyond imagination. Sometimes we may think that they have gone overboard by thinking that they can become millionaires at the age of six. Perhaps it seems impossible for us, but if the child is determined to do it, they can and they will one day. Though it may not be immediate, it is possible. Anything is possible.

We are living in this era where information is abundant. We can just type on a search engine to find videos created by people around the world. How many do you think are created by children? Children now are very much different compared to when we were young. These days, they are more active, outspoken, and dare to face challenges, more than we ever did.

However great the childhood may be, everything will become history one day. As time passes by, we grow to become someone else. Our ambitions change.

As adults, we have gone through many ups and downs in life. We think we have more experience than others. However equipped we may be, there are always more to learn. Stop and listen! Everyone is different. Everyone would have been through different occasions in their lives. Even if they have been through similar instances, they may have done things differently. It is only when we are open-minded, we can learn even more. Sometimes, we can learn a lifetime’s experience in one day.

Words of wisdom from someone with great insight is worth more than a million dollars. Very often we just look at one point of view and think around that same point over and over without realizing that we are stuck. Feeling trapped is good. It means that we are able to see the problem. It would be even better if we are able to find a mentor to lead us to the right path.

Having tonnes of life experience does not necessarily mean that we have learnt. Some people are just too arrogant to admit that they have made a mistake. What is wrong with making a mistake? Everyone makes mistakes every now and then in life. It is not how often we make mistakes. It is how much we learn from our mistakes.

By the time we age, we will realize that nothing else matters. The time is near. It only makes sense that we go back to where we started. Become a child once more.

Be the simple buttery cookie.

 

Today, me will live in the moment, unless it is unpleasant. In which case me will eat a cookie.

Cookie Monster, Sesame Street