With all the rain and clouds that have decided to take up extended residence over my area this week, I miss the stupid inspirational quote that used to be on the top flap of the Honey Nut Cheerios box, which said “Remember, even on cloudy days, the sun is still shining.” Opening the box this morning for breakfast, I recalled having seen the quote on every Honey Nut Cheerios box I had purchased last year. I searched in vain for the quote over both sides of the top flap, but the only sentences there were a reminder to read the list of ingredients, and instructions for opening and closing the box. Apparently General Mills designed a different layout for the box sometime recently, deciding to ditch the inspirational quote.
On each lap of my 4 km run around the track in my gym this morning, I passed the windows that on a sunnier day would have admitted the brilliant sunlight, but today were revealing only a wet and uninviting landscape. The inspirational quote from the old Honey Nut Cheerios box seemed quite appropriate today, even though it had only inspired mild amusement when I had read it on previous boxes.