Flaws, smiles and cookbooks
Life, a busy flow of activities, a continuation of actions, reactions and time flying by. Since the end of my exams I have been working, dancing in the kitchen while washing the dishes, running, riding the bike, singing, teaching, sleeping, loving, fearing and dreaming. Dreaming of distant places, of what this world could be and fearing where it is heading. We are cutting it down, taking away freedom and meanwhile expecting people to fly and make a living. It seems like nobody is listening anymore. Eyes are closed, doors and windows are shut and walls build to keep out all the bad and unwanted, but like Leonard Cohen so nicely told us, there is a crack in everything. That is how the light gets in. We just need to recognize this light and the beauty hidden within it. We need imperfections, we need flaws and we need mistakes. Aren’t these exactly the reason we are able see beauty, recognize strength, laugh and feel love? I hope to show this to people. Show this light of hope, equality and humanity and let it open a window to the world around them.
If you want real change, walk towards it and make it happen. Leave behind routine and go towards the light of life that wakes you up every morning and never fails you. Nobody has everything figured out and everybody is struggling with something, just like you, but we all have a smile. A smile to greet each other and the future. A smile to convince others to transform and become in charge of their own journey. A smile to greet the morning and enter the night. A smile to say goodbye to the past and to greet change. A smile to reunite and travel the world!
This way we end up again with the big travelling plan. Finally we came up with a good idea on how to gather money. We are gathering recipes written by friends from countries all over the world. After trying them out we will combine all in a cookbook, but not just a cookbook. It will be a travelling cookbook that will combine the longing to distant places with typical foods. Foods that are regularly consumed, easy to prepare and with ingredients that can easily be found in the shops. Up till now we have 15 countries spread over Europe, Asia, Africa and South-America and are still expecting many more. When you read this and have a wonderful recipe you would like to share, please send me a smile and let’s work on this together!
Travel the world in your own kitchen!
