The spices of life

Run through life! Take every opportunity along the way! Be busy. Don’t miss out. Do everything and belong to a world that is spinning faster and faster leaving people dazed and confused. Imagine time was a currency. We would be the poorest people alive.

We hurry through life and the only thing awaiting us at the other end is a certain death. It seems a little contradictory. On the one hand we feel like we should do as much as possible because every moment could be our last and on the other hand life has become so busy that we often forget to enjoy the smallest and most wonderful things that we’re doing.

I’m definitely no exception. Some days everything feels like just one exhausting task after another. Other days these same mundane tasks seem completely different. Walking to the bakery I enjoy watching the raindrops getting heavier and transforming into snow. While cooking dinner I enjoy the smell of frying onion and garlic. To write I sit down in the couch with my notebook on my lap and music blaring from our music speaker, putting to paper whatever may come to mind. When tired of staring at my computer screen I dance in the middle of my living room and sometimes I find myself closing my eyes and letting my thoughts drift away to places I didn’t yet know existed.

Sometimes it’s the small things that make all the difference. Sometimes less is more and more is less.