Choix

I guess no one can still remember the time that they first chose the vegetables they want to eat. And chances are, it's by one's parents' choice. But, it is those few precious, initial moments, that will determine the future of your vege-eating patterns.

Throughout one's life, choices made you either someone who loves, dislikes or neutral (eating just because you must or have to) in consumption vegetables. Like it or not, it is those choices that determine your health. As you keep living on and making choice, and trying new plants (old-school or exotic, likewise), you'll be having them for a year or two, but soon either love it or hate it.

Fast forward a few decades later, due to limited supply (and maybe laziness), you're stuck with fewer and fewer choices. Sometimes, you wish you could choose more of those slightly expensive ones, and stick with them, due to them being closer in heart; however, the urge will just fight back, and you're again stuck with the ones that are closer and cheaper to get. As this persists, the 'elusive' ones will just continue to stay further and further away from you, while the ones that you did not plan to keep it for long, unintentionally, got closer and closer to you, to be eaten.

Then again, those close to you, you might feel that the tastes start less and less suited for one. You try to have them cooked, and then tried to eat them raw, but both ways might start to prove bad; thus you ditch it. They are still staples that you've chosen to have all along. It's not bad, but not great, too; but you're stuck with it, mainly due to it always be by your side, through good times and bad times. You understand that particular class of veges more and more, too.

Then, you started to try the elusive ones again. But this time, they ditch you, due to market elusiveness. They got together and laugh at your face, and questions your loyalty towards them. You stated your reasons, and they accepted it. Now, you can still see them around the market; you can flirt with them once in a while, but you can't get them totally, for all your heart is not theirs. I guess law of unintended consequences do take charge, after all.

Well, I guess the main point is, initial choices, no matter how good or bad they are, will always, somehow, determine your future choices. Choose them wisely. This is analogous to...