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Life Is Like A Box Chocolates! by Denzil Lim, 6^th July, 2010. L.A. 1006.

Life is like a box of chocolates, you’ll never know what you’ll find inside. Each chocolate is different. One chocolate could be made of coco, the other of a mixture of coco and fruits. Some may have feelings and some may not, so be sure to not hurt those we have, you may end up in a real bitter sweet trouble. The chocolates may be made in such a way that outside it looks really appetizing, but inside it may just kill your taste buds. Others might look really nasty, but their insides could just take your breath away.

Isn’t life like a box of chocolates? Interesting as it maybe, Tom found out about it from watching “Forrest Gump”. Now you see, in the movie Forrest (who is the main protagonist of the show) is in his mum’s room, and she is about to die. She says to him, “Forrest, life was like a box of chocolates, you’ll never know what you’re gonna get. So you have to do the best with what God gave you.” Tom was inspired upon hearing this, it was as if someone had just brought him out of a deep sleep and opening his eyes into a whole new world.

Tom wanted to put what he had learnt into his daily life. He wanted to do the best with what he had and not ending his life with just the same types of chocolates in his own box. Before this, his life was just an empty box; he had lived his life in such a down to earth way. He had done everything he could, good and in some ways bad. After doing all these things, Tom’s life changed into a daily routine because he had lost all he had, his friends, his successful life of studies and work, his family and even God.

Well if we were in Tom’s position, I think we would want to change too. That’s what Tom did. After living his empty box life, he wanted to fill it up. Tom was not left to vegetate, because God did not live him. God being the loving God He is, spoke into Tom’s life from just a single Sunday sermon.

Tom upon hearing the sermon realizes the only way to color his grey world into a beautiful picture is through God. Now what Tom did next was what everyone would think to do but never does. He prayed. Tom prayed the longest prayer of his life, though it only lasted 5 minutes. Tom seeing the world in a whole different perspective starts firstly to treat himself with a box of chocolates. He ate the whole box, and with a little smudge of chocolate on his mouth, he wrote on a small piece of paper, “Today God gave me a box of chocolates.”

What is Tom doing? Here’s his plan, “Because my life was an empty box, I wanted to fill it up with lovely chocolates. So every day, I will write something that God has shown. Doing this, even the worst could be the best thing I would experience that day.”