About 1,000 years ago, some unknown, thirsty soul stumbled across one of history's happiest accidents. If you roast certain, tiny red berries, grind them up and add water, you'll make coffee. And therein lies the secret to a good life.
You like coffee, but do you appreciate it? Do you slurp it down, waiting for it to jolt you awake? Or...
Do you think about the first person to roast a bean? Could you have been that pioneer stumbling through the woods, wondering how much of it you could eat or drink?
Do you notice all the shades of brown in the coffee rainbow?
Do you feel the warmth of the mug in your hands?
Do you know 1/3 of the world's supply comes from Brazil. That's an 18 hour flight from Brownsville, Texas. If you don't live on the southernmost tip of Texas, those seeds travel even further.
Do you know how many steps it takes to go from seed to sip?
Did you know the coffee bean is actually a seed that could be planted to grow into a coffee bush?
Life is more than feeding our carnal urge for flavor or satisfying our basic need for hydration. Life is about appreciating what we have...how it got here...where it came from...the smells...the colors...the textures...the beauty and the wonder of it all.
The more time we spend appreciating life, the less time we have to look for the inconveniences that seem so large when they are in front of us but so tiny in our rear view mirror.
Now that I've told you all about coffee, you might be surprised to learn I don't drink it.
But I love the smell.
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Brad, the sentiments you express in this post resemble that which was a expressed in on of my blog posts back in 2009.
ReplyDeletehttp://richardgavatin.blogspot.com/2009/10/ntag-never-take-anything-for-granted.html
It is sort of long, but you get gist if you just read the three or four first paragraphs!
Great minds think alike :)
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