They say life is like a box of Chocolates
I wonder at the content and quality of this sort of life???

The victory of taste over faith and reason
Is as simple as a box of Chocolates

Without the insight and fortitude of Character
Indulgence wins every time

Now we have advertisements and marketing aimed at this
To entice you to buy more – even at the cost of Character.

The style of the enticement is so “cool” or funny
Commercials themselves have become
The object or our collective attention

Spirituality is about attention
If some form of Chocolates have the center of your attention
What will happen to the content and quality of your life,
and our life together

There is a sweeter center of life that is not bought nor sold
Rooted in giving and receiving God’s love
Rooted in the wisdom that will bless the generations

You can forget all of this for a Box of chocolates, a case of beer, a new play station game… a new car (and all the car payments) is what you need, can’t miss this movie, or that TV show, and

The monster of gluttony grows along with our greed
Life can be reduced to and so defined by one’s desires
One can forget who one is really; -- we call this addiction.

Consumption -- the chocolate factories, the cigarette companies, the Columbian cartel and our children’s favorite TV shows
Are all dependent at their current levels of consumption…
Dependent on our greed.

They say life is like a box of Chocolates
I wonder at the content and quality of this sort of life???