Snickers

I just finished eating a candy bar  It was a Snicker’s bar. The creamy texture of the chocolate is soooo very good, but is even better along side the crunchiness of the peanuts and the stickiness of the caramel. Wow, what a good combination of flavors and textures.

On the surface it seems like such a simple thing to enjoy, but surely there is something more to it than just the experience. How did the flavors come to be? Who was the person that first thought to combine the flavors? Who was the person that first thought to create each of the flavors? Who was the person that first found the raw ingredients that go into creating the flavors? How many years did it take for the flavors to be discovered and then to be combined to create an item that we believe to be so simple? In fact, so simple in our world that we can go the any store along the road and buy one for less than a dollar.

How did the value of such an item become so small when you think of all the time and energy that went into creating such a treat? How is this less valuable than a diamond? How is this less valuable than a gallon of gasoline?

What makes something valuable anyway? Isn’t it just perception? What makes us perceive the song of a certain singer to be more valuable than another singer such that the individual becomes a superstar, but another does not? Isn’t it the combination of the things that make something more interesting than the individual parts, but not taking away from the value of the individual parts?

That thought blows my mind when I think of how that applies to life and the people we meet. Aren’t we all better for having met others in our life, having experienced our struggles and our joys, and having allowed ourselves to take the time to recognize the combination of those things in our life?

Aren’t we all better for having enjoyed a Snicker’s bar every now and then?  The value surpasses anything I can think of right now!!!!!

Talk to you again soon,

Eileen