Life and a Coconut

Life’s sweetest lesson is also its toughest to learn and often delivered like a coconut. Only when you crack the tough exterior, you get to the sweet kernel. The tough part is the realization that most of the people in your life (apart from those rare people like parents, siblings, and a few choice friends who know your heart) are there not for you, but for their own agendas. The sweet part is that after going through the hurt and bewilderment this realization brings, you realize that you are there for yourself always. Unfortunately, most people spend a lifetime trying to crack the tough shell – had they been smarter, they would have gotten a taste of the kernel before their teeth fell out.