Not So Good But Good Donut

Today we had a new student breakfast at school consisting chiefly of donuts.

A newer student who came in last year after our new student breakfast in September 2010--and missed the donuts--happened to be walking by the cafeteria during the breakfast and made the case that we owed him a donut.

He looked so pleadingly that I gave in. Boy, he was happy as if he had never had a donut before but had always heard tales of their wondrous nature.

It is hard to conceive of a foodstuff worse health-wise than the typical donut. Simple carbs galore-- refined white flour, sugar, high fructose corn syrup--the very definition of empty calories. Pre-diabetes land-mines. Yet for all my healthy-eating, I fully acknowledge that sometimes the goodness of the donut transcends mere nutritional considerations. It makes us feel good, the ultimate comfort food. It has a psychological benefit that outweighs its terrible components. And sometimes, it is not merely tolerable to eat a donut, it is just downright good for your soul. Dr.'s orders.

The student who ate the donut today, as well as all of the new students, were welcomed into the circle of our school by these rounded treats. Would've a veggie tray conveyed the same? Hardly. Funny how something bad can be so good.

Matthew 7:9

"Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?"

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