Choosing apples

Choosing friends is like choosing red apples.

We often spend time picking for red and shiny ones, those that look juicy and delicious. But more often than not, they are also very likely to be rotten in the inside.

We often overlook those ugly, yellow, sour-looking ones, not realizing that a great deal of them is sweeter and crispier than we perceived.

And when we do get a red, shiny apple that is also sweet and crispy, it feels like a blessing to have picked our ideal.

There are often times our red apples will be the ones that hurt and disappoint us.
There are often times our yellow apples will be the ones that lifts us up.
There are rare times our ideal apples will grant us pleasant memories to hold on to.

Life's a basket of apples. The choice of apple is always ours.

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