On Getting Old - 5

I love to color Easter eggs and this year was no exception. I enjoyed the ritual even more because it was my piece of candy.

How much we are like these eggs. We start off the same – all white, all pure, all alike. A different environment is created as a colored tablet dissolves in a cup. Each egg is gently lowered into its own environment. Depending on how long the egg rests in the solution affects the color. Eggs of blue, green, red, yellow, purple, and orange are obtained with different hues of the various colors. How different is each egg as they rest alongside one another.

As the shell of the egg is cracked, we discover how much alike the eggs are inside.

An apt metaphor for life is this simple process. We must remember that we are all alike as we begin life – a clean pure being. The people and conditions around us affect our outward appearance, but yet under the skin we are all alike.

I hope you enjoyed today’s candy as much as I did.

Ciao