chocolate

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.” 
― Charles M. Schulz

chocolate should be its own food group. it stands on its own as the perfect food. not that waxy stuff they sell as chocolate bars. but real chocolate. i am partial to milk chocolate. 

“There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.” 
― Linda Grayson

i am terrible at sharing chocolate. i eat it fast sometimes without stopping to savour the taste and then its gone and i forgot to offer to share it. 

“Strength is the capacity to break a Hershey bar into four pieces with your bare hands - and then eat just one of the pieces.” 
― Judith Viorst

i have been practicing enjoying and tasting chocolate these days. and in doing so, i have discovered that i am not partial to chocolate bars that are waxy or full of other ingredients. but there is still something to be said for cadbury mini eggs. especially when you crack the shell carefully with your teeth, peel off the layers, and then suck on the chocolate inside as it melts in your mouth. 

chocolate tastes completely different when you really take the time to enjoy the flavour. letting it melt in your mouth. 

“Don't wreck a sublime chocolate experience by feeling guilty.
Chocolate isn't like premarital sex. It will not make you pregnant.
And it always feels good.” 
― Lora Brody

women on diets swear off chocolate. i'm here to tell you ... DON'T. chocolate is a reason to live. there is nothing to feel guilty about when eating chocolate. i'm not telling you to eat a giant box of chocolates every day. but one piece each day is completely acceptable. and highly encouraged. and knowing that you will have chocolate again tomorrow makes it easier to only eat a small bit each day. 

“The greatest tragedies were written by the Greeks and Shakespeare...neither knew chocolate.” 
― Sandra Boynton

imagine a world without chocolate?!?!?!?!?! there was a time in history when there were no chocolate bars. 

wow. 

what a tragedy. 

“Chocolate symbolizes, as does no other food, luxury, comfort, sensuality, gratification, and love.” 
― Karl Petzke

chocolate is the perfect food. it should be added to the food pyramid, right at the top, as something to be consumed daily for gratification. 

and that, my friends, is what i think about chocolate. 

be kind to yourself, and eat something sensual, 

xoxo

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