have you ever seen a fantastic looking cinnamon roll, heard it calling your name from the pastry case, watched it wink at you to lure you over, enticing you with every one of your senses, only to find out that after salivating in anticipation, you eat the cinnamon roll and half way through you discover it wasn't at all what it appeared to be? you're disappointed ... you pick through it to find the goodness you were hoping for ... soon it is demolished on your plate because you never found it to be any better but checked every part just in case so you wouldn't miss the good spot if in fact there was one ...
a cinnamon roll can look absolutely delicious, but by the time you eat through the layers, you can reach the center only to find that it isn't the ultimate in sweet gooey perfection that you had been expecting, instead it might be dry or bland or uninteresting in any number of ways. and there you find yourself ... you've experienced it ... but you aren't exactly happy with the experience. you had saved the best for last ... eating from the outside, going around the circular path, trusting that the best was yet to come.
this is what i think: this is exactly the way people are. and this is why i believe we should view people in the same way:
and we should start from the center.
this is the only way you will know what the person/cinnamon roll is really made of. this is where you find out if there is a goodness match, or not.
you could start on the outside, because of how something/someone looks, and waste all kinds of time, only to find out that the inside there doesn't match in beauty. then what's the point? why spend your energy and time basing thoughts and opinions and feelings on the outside, when really it's the inside that matters. it's the inside that tells the story.
why spend your time and energy on someone solely because they look a certain way? their insides might not be as pretty to you, which isn't to say that it might not be perfect for someone else ... you could have passed on by and left it, intact, for another person to enjoy ...
if you enjoy a cinnamon roll straight from the center, just bypass the presentation and cut into it and dive right in, you will know right away if you are going to spend the next few minutes of your time savoring the rest of it. i bet you.
if you enjoy a person straight from their center, just bypass their outer shell and get into their energy and dive right in, you will know if you are going to spend the next (any number of moments) with them as a person.
much like saying you can't judge a book by its cover, except that it's more of a challenge to dive right into the center of a book and know what's going on. you can, however, dive into the center of a cinnamon roll and know if it tastes good. you can, however, dive into the center of a human being and know if the energy feels right.
the cinnamon roll, or the person, who maybe doesn't look as you have come to expect, might surprise you and be absolutely amazing. and you could miss out on that by making your selection based on the outside appearance. and likewise, the most appetizing cinnamon roll, or person, might have insides that do not match the outer beauty, that do not live up to your expectations, that leave you misled by presentation.
you can never tell, by the outsides.
start in the middle.
dive into the center.
it's the inside that tells the story...
