The Lemon

Have you ever though why so many people don’t really like lemons, or really hate them, and others just stay clear of them all together.

And it is judged by the way it tastes, or the way it looks. And the lemon didn’t choose to have a sour taste, or a yellow skin. I mean, if you think about it, does the lemon really want to be a lemon?

The lemon is usually blamed when someone get squirt in the eye by it, but it was just lack of caution, and it wasn’t really the lemon at all, at was the person who squeezed at, and I have no idea of how the lemon got involved!

The lemon doesn’t deserve treatment like this, because the lemon didn’t choose to hurt anyone, it was just the way it was created.

And what about the grapefruit? I mean, we’ve been talking just about grapefruits, and they have issues too. I mean, would you really like to be a grapefruit? It’s not a very pleasant life. Because not many people like the grapefruit, so they have it pretty hard.

But then again, how many people like the Brussels sprout? The disgusting, slimy, revolting Brussels sprout. Now, I ask you, did the Brussels sprout choose to be like this? To be hated by most? No, the Brussels sprout is just being what it was made. A good, health vegetable. And do you ever hear them complain? No, I didn’t think so.

And have you ever thought of what it would be like to be one of these things? A lemon, blamed for things it didn’t do, a grapefruit, a strange plant with a funny taste, or even a Brussels sprout, where people think you’re the most disgusting, slimy, revolting thing on the plant?

Now picture this;

A small boy, around the age of five, who has no friends because people think he smells funny, or a little girl who has lots of friends, and is pretending to be something she’s not, or maybe a brother or sister of yours, who you think is the most revolting thing, because they have the most horrible wardrobe, or the weirdest hair-cut.

Now picture this;

One of your friends comes to school with a huge zit at the end of their nose, and you think they look disgusting, so you don’t hang out with them, because you don’t want to be put off your appetite, or maybe your best friend came to school with new glasses, and you don’t want to be around them because you don’t want to hang out with a nerd/geek/weirdo, or even if your friend came over to your house with ugly looking clothing on, and you keep them cooped up inside, because you don’t want to be seen with anyone with such bad taste in clothing.

Now try to imagine if you were one of these people. Imagine what they must feel like; imagine what you would feel like. Imagine what you would do if you realised someone was doing that to you? Now imagine if you did this to one of your friends, how would you feel? How would they feel?

Now ask yourself, ‘have I ever done anything like this? Has anyone ever done this to me?

So don’t blame the lemon, it didn’t do anything to you, but did you ever do anything to it?

Inspirational Quote:

" It is probable that the lemon is the most valuable of all fruit for preserving health."

-Maud Grieve