This morning, I had my first cup of coffee in a very long time. It was like getting reacquainted with an old friend.I don't know exactly what is it about a cup of steaming java, but there's something so soothing and familiar about the feeling of the ceramic cup in your hand.
...the fragrant steam floating up from the mug, brushing its warm fingers against your nose.
...the sharp, smooth flavor of that first, perfect sip.
It's comforting, at any season of life.
There are so many "coffee-flavored" aspects of life. Perfectly simple, and yet essential. Somehow, they end up filed under "forgotten wonder," and their existence fades into a misty sort of consciousness until they eventually disappear altogether.
It's the simple, seemingly insignificant things -- beautiful things that we tend to overlook until we realize that they've disappeared and we want them back in our lives again...
...that little ray of sunlight that breaks through the window each morning to dance on the pillow and whisper secrets in your eyes.
...the reassuring hug of your best friend that speaks volumes without a single word being spoken.
...the breath of ocean-scented wind as it sweeps your hair like a velvet curtain over your eyes and caresses your sun-tanned shoulders.
...the words of God, locked away in the secret corners of our mind that bring life when we feel like we're fading away.
So maybe it's time to re-evaluate our lives...
It's time to inhale the scent of steaming coffee, blink away the fog...and live again.
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. ~C.S. Lewis
