Every time I go to McDonalds and get a hot fudge sundae I ration how much hot fudge sauce I can eat per bite of ice cream in order to have enough sauce for all the ice cream. Now this has been a very effective way to eat my sundaes because there is chocolate and ice cream with every bite, which is clearly my goal in the proper proportioning process. I don’t have the issue of running out of chocolate and having a half full container of vanilla ice cream, so my issue essentially is resolved. Or at least that is the way it appears.

In reality I do not enjoy the sundae nearly as much as I would if I weren’t so caught up in what I place on each spoonful. The process of rationing chocolate becomes stressful and obsessive for me to the point that I’m not melting into each bite the way that I normally would. I was doing this the other day when I realized that the deliciousness of the sundae was diminished and my personal stress level was elevated over something quite stupid.

Both parts of an ice cream sundae are delicious and if there are some bites of just chocolate or just ice cream it’s not going to be the end of the world. So why do I worry about such things? I think in order to understand this we have to take into account every small thing we stress over in life. Is any of it really a life or death issue? Sometimes things are, but usually, at least for me, they are not. Perhaps it would be good for us to relax and enjoy the ice cream sundaes in our lives without worrying about running out of chocolate, because in reality, there is plenty of chocolate, we just have to quit staring at the spoon.

Tags: chocolate, hot fudge sundaes, issues, overcoming stresses, Stress

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