I Believe In Acai Bowls...(paper)

I believe in Acai bowls, and if your talking to a real stickler for pronunciation they'll tell you how much they love a-sah-ee bowls. These bowls come in all different shapes and sizes with varying ingredients, toppings, granolas and garnishes, but at the core of every one of them is the antioxidant rich Brazilian superfruit that's quickly becoming popular all over the country. This deep purplish red fruit is acai. Every person likes an Acai bowl for a different reason, and for me it's not just about the incredibly tasty and satisfying thick smoothie-like substance filled with blended acai, fruits, apple juice, and topped with granola, bananas, and anything from coconut and seasonal berries to honey and yogurt, but it's about the metaphorical filling it holds as well.
Every place and person makes their bowl a bit different but usually it is the blended acai smoothie taking up 2/3 of the bowl and the top is layers of the standard banana's and granola usually with honey, coconut and seasonal fruits. Although the layout probably sounds quite appealing, to some, the mixed up bowl full of chunky purple stuff may not look the most appetizing. Fortunately, upon sampling, all pre-conceived notions are dropped and the taster is instantly converted to a raving acai bowl lover. This example is much like the popular saying "don't judge a book by its cover," because you truly never know what you might get. There are endless ways to make a great acai bowl and the key is in the balance of acai and the other added in ingredients. Too many extras and the acai's flavor gets drowned out, similar to a person's life, I believe that to a good extent, like granola, bananas and seasonal fruit, sport's, hobby's, friend's and school enhance a persons life but when to much is added in to the mix of one persons life or even acai bowl the core gets drowned out. Luckily, acai bowl are forgiving, and for some reason or another they almost always turn out great. As there are endless ways to make an acai bowl there are just as many ways to eat one. For me, in the beginning, I like to go vertically layer by layer to sort of sample my options, as in life I like get a feel for things at first, but soon after I dive right in and mix everything together. I believe that in life everything we learn and experience, like and dislike is mixed together all the time and the best way to experience it is to go head on into the mix.
Unfortunately there is one down side, besides the purple residue and acai bowl can leave on the eater's mouth, and it's the trouble of acquiring it. Acai bowls aren't free and as a popular saying suggests "nothing in life is free," Even if you make your own you had to buy the acai and put your time and effort into making it, and if not, you had to go out and buy it and maybe wait in line for over 20 minutes. But somehow it's worth it, and when you finally dig into your bowl you feel a sense of satisfaction and fullness for at least a moment because you've worked for it. No Acai bowl no matter where you go or what you put in it will be the same as the last or next one you'll have. That's why it's important to enjoy it while your eating and savor the full and complete feeling you get after finishing it. It's so important to cherish what you have while you have it and live for the moment because you never know what's coming in the future. That's how I live my life, for the now, for the acai bowl I'm eating right now, in a mix that I'm happy with because it's mine and I've worked hard for it. I believe in Acai bowls.