Love of Coffee

These are the moments that I live for. Right here, right now, with you, or with no one. Sometimes I am staring out at one of the most beautiful views in the world, and sometimes, I am simply staring at my laptop screen, with random people walking by to grab their special moment of the morning. Either way, I always love it. What's great is that this is something I have not been doing my whole life. It's a new routine, a new habit, a new...addiction?

No I am not addicted to the liquid itself, but rather the experience of enjoying the liquid. I am addicted to the company, to the feelings, to the calming sensation that all I have to do right now is enjoy what's touching my lips and traveling down my digestive system.

The people I have enjoyed this moment with range across age, gender, culture, location. But one shared aspect - a cuppa. "Would you like a cuppa?" Of course I would! Sometimes we'd enjoy one five times a day. Those cups were so special to me. Just me and him, and so deserved after such a hard days' work. Or sitting on the deck on the Abel Tasman track, while ducks waddled right up to us, literally beaks touching our legs. I still cherish those black and white photos I snapped. That moment - that was it. Or the first cup I made for someone I began to really care about. Even those cups in the morning at the hospital - that one time he got one for me from the worker's lounge. That was special. Thank you for that.

But it's in those moments that I feel my mind gets more quiet. Or maybe it's the time where I allow my mind to go crazy. Either way, I am at ease. I see the world through a different lens, and the lens is always bright and clear. What would I do without these moments? I won't ever give them up, and I look forward to each future one, mostly to see who I will share those times with and what I will be looking at. What mountains will I be observing? What rivers will I hear trickling? What birds will be chirping? What music will be playing? And whose smile will I be embracing? A smirk, a laugh. Hopefully she will close her eyes, hold this special gift close, cupped in her hands like a puddle of water to drink, and take a nice, deep, long, whiff. A soothing inhale.

Take that moment for yourself. Take it with someone else. Observe those minutes or hours of real life. Of paying closer attention to the wonderful details of life that we are too often distracted to even notice and appreciate. Take this day and give it the appreciation it deserves.

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This piece was written in inspiration of some exercises we have done in the writing class I just started on Sunday. I was sitting there enjoying my cup of coffee while reading my book, and thinking about how much I look forward to sharing such a moment with someone. I then realized I should write about it. Why not? In class, we've started from a list of "loves" and we take 5-10 minutes to write whatever comes into our head. Some people write fictional stories, others just describe their experience with that person or thing. I...well I do whatever it is that I do when I write. This piece was written in 10 minutes, with no interruption, and no stopping of my fingers typing. There were no edits, outside of spelling mistakes. Likely, you'll see many more of these in the future. Maybe I'll even share some of the ones from in class exercises and assignments. Maybe you'll get some enjoyment out of it, but my main goal is to just write and start expelling things from my mind and body, because I feel clogged up!

Good morning,
Tash