So let's say you were raised to think that celery is the only good food out there. There's nothing wrong with celery, it's perfectly adequate and it gets you by. But imagine eating only celery for years on end. No question; you get bored of celery. You wonder what else is out there. But you dutifully eat your celery.
So one day you're walking along, and by random chance you end up with a chocolate bar. No big deal, right?
But remember, you've been living off - and been bored with - celery all these years. Celery! Chocolate's new. Chocolate's exciting. Chocolate's amazing. It makes you happy. It confirms all your dreams about something else being out there, as well as exceeding your expectations by being better than you dreamed.
And then all of a sudden, the chocolate's taken away from you and you're forced to go back to celery. And ever since, you can't forget what the chocolate was like and the experience of the experience. And after the experience, you'd rather not go back to the celery. But you have no other choice.
You have to grudgingly accept your celery, all the while dreaming of chocolate and the next random chance you'll get to experience it again.
...or you could fight to incorporate it into your life. Not let it take over entirely, or you'll get sick of it. The celery will always be there, no matter how much you don't want it to be. It's all a matter of balance so that everybody's happy.
Maybe celery with chocolate sauce?
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