Life is a piece of cake

When I first saw the cake, it had icing all over. The colors were not too bright or too fancy - just nice, in my opinion. It looked smooth and attractive compared to the others. Muffins always appear too stiff and donuts too empty. So I bought it without further thought and kept it no longer than 5 seconds; then I ate.

Upon consumption, I find the icing a little rough in texture. It was sweeter than I had imagined. The middle layer of the cake was rock solid, unlike the first impression I had about it being soft and spongy. Sometimes I tried to liquefy it with orange juice but that was no tolerance, because while I managed to swallow it, the mixture almost spoilt the original taste, and I ended up disappointing myself.

Hence I abandoned the piece of cake and began looking for another one.

Looking for a suitable cake is not always easy. Along the way, you will get distracted by the people around you. They will most probably tell you sweet sounding lies with irresponsible exaggeration and for a long time you would be delusional in what you are really looking for. Was it a banana cream cheese or just a plain cheese?

Only after purchasing and tasting will you feel the pang of disappointment. Either or, the banana cream cheese was an obvious wrong choice. Such betrayals; often make me realize that it is undoubtedly safer to go on my quest alone because nobody will be allowed to promise anything with fleeting hopes. Nobody will tell me otherwise when I am aware that the cake I want most is the cake I can’t find. Simply because it’s not there.

Then I will stop searching. For a moment I will stare at the ceiling but after that I will move on. I will go somewhere else. But as tough as looking for a cake can be, usually the person who suffer most are those who don’t know which cake they really want.

The journey in search for a piece of cake is quite similar to the game of life. You get distracted along the way by the people around. You get fooled and you get beaten. They make you sadder, but in a way make you wiser and any cake that does not kill you only makes you stronger (They have calories).

Many people say in times of turbulence, hardship builds character. But the way I see it, it reveals character more than it builds. Hence if life is a game, then I will be a better player tomorrow than I was today; simply because I have learned not to play the game by the rules anymore.