In the wee hours of this fine Sunday morning i sit down with my laptop after saying the morning prayer. In my head I'm going through a list of chores for today. Next to me is a steamy hot cup of coffee and honey maid crackers which I'm thinking I could've saved for making S'mores cookies instead of dunking in my coffee and then dumping into my tummy. That's me. I want to enjoy life as is, but I also want to enjoy life cooked and baked. Before sitting down with my coffee I pulled out 200 cupcakes and great cookies to peruse from this burgundy dusty old bookshelf that needs my attention direly. More than serving the purpose of cookbooks these pages are inspiration for me. I look at the pictures instead of the recipe and think of how I can make them with what I have on hand or how a combination of ingredients shown in a cupcake can be achieved in a cookie or lets say a salad?
I like simple things. Clothes, shoes, home furnishings, food. Not to say I don't admire embellishments and appreciate the effort made towards making something beautiful, only sometimes. The same goes for food. I like to savor the natural flavor of ingredients, the distinctive individual yumminess that God put in every fruit and vegetable and cow's milk that butter is made of, but elegant looking elaborately prepared meals also please me and my palate. I have 40+ spice jars, sometimes I use 1, sometimes all 40 (well maybe not all 40 at the same time but 7).
The world is changing. Appearances change, opinions change, sceneries change, challenges and struggles in life change. So do priorities, likes and dislikes. In this ever-changing life something needs to be constant. Is there such a thing? The heart? Personality? Beliefs? Which one of these things forever remains unchanged. The truth about this world is that it is changing and heading towards its end. The end shall be a life of forever. If there is an effort that needs diligence and motivation and deserves our full attention and time, it is for the Hereafter. Because once the decision has been made, it will never change!
Gloomy yeah? Well the truth nonetheless!
