Everybody has those days when it seems that everyone and everything is conspiring against them and set up roadblocks to accomplishing what they need and want to do. When this kind of day arrives, there is one sure way to turn things around and get them to look a little brighter, it is to imbibe in a decadent chocolate treatment. Actually, chocolate candy is something that has been known to wash away stress, distress, discomfort and tension and help to give a boost to the mind and spirit.
No matter what happens at home, at work or play, often the mood may be lighter, and a mediocre day turned sunny by a person who has stopped at the nearby candy shop and bought a box of chocolates to share with whomever is around such as family and friends, colleagues or even strangers. Chocolate is by far the preferred treatment for most people around the world who have a sweet tooth, and it is almost a language in itself.
People often say that a smile is one of the most basic and universally understood expression that communicates joy and happiness in all languages and all countries around the world. The good news is that a box full of chocolate candy will surely bring smiles on faces almost immediately and create a feeling of goodwill and kindness.
Although it may seem like a stretch to give so much credit for something so simple and wonderful, it is a fact that one may observe a change in a room when someone walks in with chocolate gifts. Whether they are handmade chocolates from a favorite family recipe or expensive gourmet chocolate, these tasty treats can quickly and easily bring a spirit of joy and happiness into a room and can even help sell disagreements calm minds and build bridges.
All this begs the question, the world would be a more peaceful and happy place where world leaders will gather around a smorgasbord of fine chocolates to discuss issues of global importance? Truffles would lead to treaties? Chocolate chip cookies would lead to compromises, which could dampen hostilities and to bring these universal smiles to more faces?
Even if the loading down world leaders with gourmet gift baskets filled with a wonderful selection of fine chocolates might not mean that all the world's problems will just dissolve, candy bars or boxed chocolates can make a difference in small ways in the average person's life. Often the simple act of kindness is expressed in dividing a chocolate bar can result in making a new friend and generates smiles.
On a simpler and more personal level, savoring a couple of chocolate candy at the end of a tough day to give something of the sweetness that people should enjoy at least once every day. Many times when people are faced with challenges and problems, it is small and simple things that help to reset their determination to make tomorrow a better day. Many times a little chocolate can be the perfect simple treatment to do the trick.
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