Applying life lessons from a chocolate allergy.
After discovering an allergy to chocolate (among other foods) one year ago I've learned some interesting life lessons. As stated in my blog title:
Just Because You Can Doesn't Mean You Should
Interestingly enough I've discovered this applies to ALL things in life. Starting with chocolate - just because I can eat it doesn't mean I should. If I choose to eat chocolate I will suffer the consequences. Consequences, I've found, I would rather avoid. PAIN is a good deterrent!
You see, I'm a learn-by-experience type of person - something I've many times wished I could change. Why can't I just take the information and learn to live with it? Well, with chocolate I did actually, for about 8 months and then I fell off the chocolate-wagon and forayed into enemy territory on a brief binge. I think, in reality, it was a test driven by my not-so-subconscious to see if the whole chocolate allergy was indeed a true malady. OH YES IT IS! My body soon screamed.
OK, so now chocolate has been elevated to a whole other level: neurotoxin!
That puts it in a completely new perspective - much easier to avoid. In fact I'm no longer remotely tempted. I was even tested last night when presented with the opportunity to try a luscious and decadent Godiva chocolate brownie. Other than and unrestrained Oooo....!! escaping from my lips, I had absolutely NO inclinations to taste even a single crumb. Again I say, PAIN is a good deterrent! I had no desire to suffer the consequences. I had learned my lesson the hard way.
Just because I can eat chocolate doesn't mean I should. And thus the lessons begin...
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