Eggs=People?

Eggs. They've been around since 5000 BC, when people began to use pottery to boil and cook them. But can eggs be used for other things, aside from a very popular breakfast food? Maybe.

Let's look at how eggs might be used to discuss different parts of a person (i.e their outside personality/appearance, or their inside feelings that you don't normally see)

An egg, like a person, can be fairly basic on the outside. Egg shells can be smooth, like a person who has a smooth face without any acne or blemishes. but some eggs can have bumps on them, or even cracks that don't break the actual egg shell. Eggs that have small differences, like color, are like people. People are all different races, and different eggs have all separate colors. some people only have a certain egg that they will eat, and some people will eat any kind of egg. Much like people, where some people like everyone, and other people do not. That isn't what this is about, however.

When you crack an egg open, the egg and it's yolk. can be a specific color. Bright yellow, a more basic yellow, even dark yellow. Many people, on the inside, don't act or seem like themselves on the inside. The nice new guy at your office job could have a deep love for race cars. The quiet girl in your AP trigonometry class might have depression problems. you never really know, unless you ask.

When you crack open an egg, you see the yoke with the egg that surrounds it. The egg shell is the part of them human being we see without really knowing to much about them. It's their base model, so to say. You see their face, any of their tattoos, piercings, or the way they dress.

When you crack open the egg into a bowl, you see the egg and it's yolk in the middle. The egg that surrounds the yolk is what you see when you get to know a person. The office guy really likes cars, and he's working on re-building a classic car from 1962 that was big with racing. It's a passion project for him, but you wouldn't know about it unless you ask. While looking at the inside of an egg, it just looks like an egg. Does it taste good? Does it get any thicker when you cook it with other ingredients? Your not sure, because maybe you've never asked, or done any research into the topic.

While looking at the yolk in that is the middle of the inside of the egg, you might see, in a person, a deeper part of themselves. That girl that shares your AP trigonometry class has depression problems because her family moves around a lot, and every time she's about to make a new friend, it's time to move again. She's not sure she'll ever find someone to really spend time with, so her egg shell never comes down. The same can be said for people who build mental walls around themselves, and don't give other people a chance to let them know the real them.

When you see the real person, by "cracking" their egg shell open, you also gain the responsibility of making sure you don't hurt that person. When whisking a batch of eggs, if you start to cook them, they can burn.

The same can be said for being friends with a person, or even asking your significant other to marry you. If you don't love your special person the way they need to be loved, you'll risk losing them. It's like burning up a pan of eggs, and having to start over. The burnt eggs have to be disposed off, and you can't eat them. Hurting someone you love could cause them to leave you, and you have to pick up the pieces and "start over" in a sense.

Now we can discuss the middle of an egg. The yolk.

The deepest, darkest part of a person that you might not ever see. Something that happened to them as a child, a teenager, or even a young adult. They bury it away with the rest of the yolk, and seal it away in an egg shell. I, personally, have no trouble telling people things that I have gone through when I was younger, or things that I've recently experience as a young adult at the age of 24.

There are people who can't open up, however. Their egg shell stays up their whole life, and sometimes if they choose to show you what the middle of their yolk, you might not like what you see.

Other people aren't so good at talking to other about their problems. Alcoholics have a hard time admitting they need alcohol to function. Heavy smokers will find it hard to quit without another vice to take the place of a cigarette.

That nice guy at the office we talked about, the one who loves race cars? Maybe he experienced a traumatic death when he was young, a friend or even a relative, and chooses never to talk about it. It could have had a lasting effect on the Nice Office Guy, and he would never tell anyone about it unless he felt like he could trust them completely.

The girl in AP trig might have issues with abuse, be they substances or alcohol. She'd never tell anyone, out of fear they wouldn't understand, or she would be sent to a rehab facility by her parents; without them trying to help the girl themselves first. You never really know what someone is going through unless you see their yolk, and even then you have to be careful that you don't hurt or destroy it.

There are also multiple ways to cook eggs. If you scramble an egg, you would stir it around and around until it's a tasty, chunky mess. If you did this with a person, you might end up flinging some of their "egg" out of the pan and risk it hitting the floor. You have to be careful how you talk to people and how you act around them, much like scrambling eggs. Saying the wrong thing or doing the wrong action might make them distrusting of you, and stir up your positive standing with them.

The morale of this story would be that, yes, eggs do equal people. Eggs have shells and their insides, just like people have the version of them you see on the outside, and the version of them that you only see once their cracked open. You have to be careful with people, and not crack them open over a hot pan just with the intention of seeing what happens. Some people are fragile, and break under the slightest pressure. Other people are more resilient, and it could take a few tries to get them to open up.

Be kind to other people. Ask them what they like. What they hate. What they love. Don't ask someone to open up if all your going to do is scramble them into a big mess. Everyone deserves a chance to be listened to. To be understood. To be loved. That's what this was all about. Was asking you all, and even myself to understand other people even if you don't know them that well. Eggs are fragile, and people are fragile. But both can be turned into something wonderful with the right amount of love and care.