A suggestive and thought-provoking email joke caught my eye recently. It speaks of three of our favourite things: men, chocolate and money. Now, we can safely say that at least two of these will consume some part of our thinking during any given week. The delicious high that makes chocolate so irresistible is probably what makes men and money equally desirable.

If none of the three appeals to you, you're a rare woman! If you find all three an enticing combination, then maybe the joke would tickle your fancy.

These words were pasted against a rich, chocolate-brown background framed to look like a sign that might hang on the back of a public washroom stall door. It said: 'No woman will ever be truly satisfied because no man will ever have a chocolate penis that ejaculates money.'

A deeper chord

Once we get past the hilarity of the image conjured up in this potent sentence, does it strike a deeper chord?

If you had a direct request line to your Creator and He was creating man, would you have dared to request such an intoxicating package in your perfect man?

So why is the email joke bouncing back and forth across the world in such mirth? Let's be truthful with one another. Whether we package ourselves as demure, vivacious, powerhouse, party-girl, earth-mama or a fiery combination of them all, we all like a little sweetness, pampering, comfort, luxury, good loving and ... well, I could go on.

Does the joke speak to deep-seated desires that we probably feel are too much to ask of ourselves (forget anyone else!) on a sustained basis? A desire to be truly satisfied with where we are and with what we have right now?

The question of satisfaction and whether we're ever able to get to a space where we're satisfied with any sphere of our lives is a vexed one. It seems we are intentionally trying to improve, make it better, to get there.

Another mountain

Consider why it is that once we accomplish our vision, we duly congratulate ourselves but the satisfaction we imagined is fleeting. So, in no time at all, we charge up our inner resolve and quickly vision another mountain to climb. So, most of the time, we're exhausted; fatigued by the stress and pressure we've created for ourselves.

As creative, reflective and responsive human beings, we have the capacity to change right now! It's as simple as allowing ourselves to accept what is and break the chain of resistance that creates the pressure cooker of life. In that moment of acceptance, peace will propel you to joyfully create what will be.

For it is likely that if the chocolate man did appear, even for just one night, you'd be too tired to gain any satisfaction. It doesn't have to be a joke nor a dream. Make your satisfaction the real deal.

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