"If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a gumdrop"

This quote by James Broughton is a pointer to not let bitterness take control of our lives. He is recommending that instead of enabling bitterness to take control of, we should use it something sweet, like a cookie or a gumdrop. This is a metaphor for how we need to approach life's challenges. Instead of letting bitterness take over, we ought to try to find a positive service. We need to look for a way to make the scenario much better, rather than letting it consume us. By offering bitterness a cookie or a gumdrop, we are revealing that we are not going to let it take control of our lives. We are taking a proactive technique to handling our problems, and we are not going to let bitterness take control of.