oreo's and the iron rod

Today in sundayschool we were discussing Helaman ch. 6-12. We were talking about how sometimes perhaps straying from the iron rod is not for some "big" sins, like drugs, sex etc. but rather how sometimes it is nice, good things we leave hold of the rod for. 

A sister in my ward told us about how her mother once, teaching her children an FHE lesson, used oreo's as a "temptation". (It was the childrens' favorite treat.) When this lady (as a girl) left the "iron rod" to grab an oreo, she bit down on it only to find the cream in between was mayonaise....... to this day she would still get mad about it, it still to this day upset her that her mother would "do this to [her]"  When she asked her mother why she had done this, even knowing how much her kids loved oreo's, her mother simply said "but honey, you weren't supposed to eat the oreo's, you were supposed to hold on to the rod!

It made me think..... she was so mad at the consequenses, not realizing, even years afterwards that she kind of missed the point... or maybe she proved a point.... 

How often do we get mad, and/or hold on to grudges, creating a whole new "headache" than if we had just let it go.... And how often do I miss the point for something trivial and childish, not realizing it is holding me back from growing.

Well, those are just some musings, though, I must say I did think the mom did a great lesson, and hearing the story might prove, to me, to be a lesson in and of itself as well.