Dear reader, what would you like to read? A crime story about coffee, about eternal love for coffee, or about life in general? About a decent cup of coffee?
Sorry to disappoint you. I have nothing like that for you. Not a single word of that sort of stuff.
I have a question for you. Do you drink take-out coffee? Do you drink while walking? Shame on you.
Fine. I have to except that you stop reading this text now. Yeah, dump it. Dump it with your recyclable coffee cup. With the rest of your going cold sip of coffee. Happy now? Some relief, wonderful. The world is good with a cup of coffee in your hand while walking.
Why do you do this? Walking and drinking, probably walking and drinking and talking and checking your mobile phone. Are you late, time ticking away? To prove multitasking? Is eating and drinking just an act of fuelling your body? Like planes get fuelled up in air while flying?
In my little world a take-out is a disgrace. An act of disrespect. To eat and drink is an important and mindful action for your body and for your soul. They say „you are what you eat“ and my addition to it says „the way you do this is a glance into your life“.
Yes, you can add fast food to my list of disrespect too. Disrespect to yourself.
Is this fast-stuff-action a sign of modern life? Is there no time left for a quiet meal or even a decent cup of coffee in a china cup?
Why is being fast the ultimate answer?
On ebay you should buy, pay, send, receive and confirm in the time span of 48 hours. Because of the slow working post system. Why does it take that long to transport a parcel. That whole ebay process could be faster.
On What’s App the sender gets the information that you have read the message in a few seconds. A reply is expected in the following minute. Can’t go faster. That’s the time limit, set by technology that we’ve achieved.
Everything has to go faster. At the supermarket’s cashpoint, getting served in a restaurant, that expected reply from the tax office, can’t stop for a few seconds to let this grandmother to cross the street.
I’ll tell you something, the worst thing is to eat and drink in a hurry and what is even worse is to drink while walking. Have you ever observed such people? Holding their cup in an upright position, trying hard not to spill, making faces because the coffee is too hot or going cold? Stopping for a second at an inappropriate spot, leaning forward, slurping, lifting the unnecessary lid, more or less successful. Throwing the empty cup into a waste bin, successful only sometimes. All this waste is a another story, all on it’s own.
By the way, that cup is a great display for advertisement. Companies don’t like your neutral reusable cup.
In Ireland we say “when God made time he made plenty of it”. Giving time to yourself and to friends is one of the most grateful gifts nowadays and always was and always will be.
Please, join. Have your coffee in a decent china cup, breath, reflect life, enjoy life. Be nice to yourself.
Respect yourself.
Thank you for reading and not dumping my few lines.
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