Scion of NLP

A woman I know told me the story of how she baked cupcakes for her granddaughter’s 7th birthday. When she arrived with a big container filled with cupcakes the young girl came running to the door and excitedly asked, “What is it?”

“It’s cupcakes for your birthday party, sweetheart.” the woman replied.

The little girl’s face dropped and glumly she said, “Oh.” Then, taking the container from her grandma, the little girl let out a big sigh and sadly carried the cupcakes toward the kitchen.

As the grandmother and the girl’s mother talked at the dining room table they suddenly heard the little girl squeal with delight from the kitchen and watched as she came running in to them. Bouncing with joy the child exclaimed, “Sprinkles! They have sprinkles all over them!”

“What?” asked the mom, “There are sprinkles all over what, dear?”

“The cupcakes! The cupcakes that grandma brought!” cried the little girl.

After giving her grandma a giant hug the little girl excitedly awaited the he childhood party guests, and as each one arrived she dragged them to the kitchen saying, “Come see! You gotta see! Grandma made cupcakes and they have sprinkles all over them!”

As the old woman sipped her drink and told me the story she added, “And they were completely an accident — I never meant to put them on, but then when I saw them in the cupboard I decided at the last minute to toss some sprinkles on them just for fun.” With a smile she added, “And now I’m sure glad I did!”

We talked a while longer and agreed — life is truly all about the sprinkles … and that little girl knew it!

There are gonna be things in life that suck — that aren’t exactly the way we wish they were … but, from time to time, there are gonna be little things along the way that make us smile. Those are the things we need to focus on and be happy about — this journey we call life is really about taking pleasure and finding excitement in the little sprinkles that make you smile along the way.

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