I believe in toast, for the win.

        Toast is significant. It’s what separates you from everyone else. It makes you who you are. Now I’ve probably got you thinking that I’m crazy; you’re probably thinking “it’s toast, and only toast…an inanimate object.”  Take a glance at toast, will you? Notice how toast can be burnt, toasted to perfection, or under-toasted. There are so many types of bread; ranging from white to pumpernickel, and from wheat to cinnamon raisin. Somehow, every kind is delicious in its own way. Humans are amazing too, and tend to have many variations. Like race, religion, gender, sexuality, tolerance, and everything else that makes people unique. Toast is always different. I dare you to try to make two identical pieces of toast. It’s about as easy as it is to find two indistinguishable snowflakes—impossible. It’s like making two people that are the same. Sure there are those silly twins that happen to look exactly like the other, but have you ever talked to a pair of those twins? They’re usually quite diverse.

I look at burnt parts of toast as if they are the bad things in life. You know; those things that just aren’t fun. Death, sadness, illness—just bad stuff. Everyone gets a little burnt toast every once in a while. You leave the bread in the toaster a little too long, or the toaster is on the wrong setting. Nevertheless, something goes wrong. Then you look at it, and you automatically slump your shoulders in disappointment. What do you do with burnt toast? You could scrape off the icky stuff, you could just throw the piece of toast away, or you could just suck it up and eat this dreadful toast. The bad things in life, you can just pretend they aren’t there (scraping off the junk), you can sulk in depression and just give up (throwing it all away), or you can suck it up, take a deep breath, and get through it (eating the gross toast).

The white part of the toast is those boring parts in life, where not a lot is going on. It’s like those days that are just repetitive and unexciting. Who wants to eat plain bread? It’s boring! Yet it’s always there…unless you happen to burn your piece of toast to the point of no return. You can’t get rid of boring bread or those boring things in life.

Now is for the good part—happiness. It’s like the topping on the cake. Cheerfulness is an emotion that makes everything better.  The best part of toast, you ask? The topping, there’s no doubt about it. Whether it’s butter, or peanut butter, or jelly, or marmalade, for each person, it always accents the toast in a perfect manner. For some people, they spread on a thick layer of toppings. Some barely add any. In life, the happier people spread it on thick. They take they’re symbolic knife and dip it right into that symbolic tub of peanut butter. They put a layer on that toast, and make it count. Unfortunately, not everyone puts a lot of toppings on their toast. Some people aren’t as happy.

I believe in being different. Everyone’s thought of what it would be like if we were all the same. It would be like always eating a slightly burnt piece of toast with butter on it. How boring. Toast is significant.