Weekly Photo: After the Wedding
"Sara, don’t reheat the coffee!"
Wise words from an office mate who caught me in the hopeful (all right, desperate) act of reheating my latte. What she meant was that by "reheating the coffee", we are tempted try to recreate the memorable intensity of a satisfying experience, whether it’s that infamous trip to Palm Springs with your best girlfriend…or just a really great latte. Of course, this never works because it – whatever "it" is – is no longer fresh but forced.
The time he said "I love you" – and meant it. The hug to erase all hurts. The school-of-fish sensation when everyone in the room is sparkling with the energy of the moment.
And then, we have to clean up the petals – you can’t put the past in the microwave. It’s a bittersweet truth and a reminder to be mindful and grateful, right now. Soon enough, the present gets swept away.
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7 Comments
April 18th, 2008 at 6:59 am
Ok…wow. I simply LOVE this post! I simply love it. Its so beautifully accurate and said so well…crisply. So very true.
Juicy Jenn
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April 18th, 2008 at 8:59 am
Lovely post.
Reheated experiences aren’t satisfying. But they remind us, tantilizingly, briefly, of what we’ve completely forgotten we miss so much it hurts. The present is where we can (start to) do soemthing about that….
(Reheated coffee always tastes like thermos-flask coffee. Why is that?)
April 18th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Mike, unfortunately, no. But at least we can appreciate them when they come along.
Juicy Jenn,
Hi! Thanks so much for your encouragement (and you cheerful blog). It’s nice to see you at EcoSalon.
April 18th, 2008 at 10:25 am
Oops, Mike, was responding to “Reheated experiences aren’t satisfying.” Totally agree with all you said.
April 18th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Sara, this is lovely. It helped me today. Thanks.
April 18th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
(Apologies for the typos. I don’t usually make speling mistaks).
April 19th, 2008 at 11:53 pm
What a great post, really gets to the core of things: the beauty of living in the moment, and nowhere else but the moment!
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