December 27, 2012

Today

It is December 27, a day that is not regarded as anything but a moment in time between two MOMENTS IN TIME, Christmas and the New Year. It is a day spent recovering from long drives to distant relatives so that one can sustain a night of relatively sterile partying that your 18-year-old self would merely call pre-gaming. And then it's off to 2013, full of possibilities and resolutions, things do to and things to be.

Today is December 27, a day without any meaning - except that which you give it. Maybe you make your resolution a few days early; maybe you simply make the change. Becoming is a process best started in the ever present NOW, since it's all we live in anyway. The future is always the future; today you can say tomorrow forever.

But I'm not writing about plans for weight loss, job security, or any such thing. I don't pretend to have any particular wisdom or life coaching credentials beyond this one: I know how to enjoy a moment accompanied by coffee, how to enjoy the coffee itself. I know how to enjoy the process of making it, to indulge the ritual. I can look at the oil swirling on the surface, and know that there are impossibly complex things taking place. It is a beverage of endless complexity and yet so basic.

I know how to take this day - any day - and create something beautiful. It isn't forever - nothing is - but the sensation is real; the meaning is real.

Resolve to do the same. Resolve to give yourself that time and that pleasure, to find beauty and meaning in simple things. Resolve that happiness is a decision you make right now, not 6 inches to be lost by next year or a debt to be payed off.

It is December 27, a moment in time. It is just a day. It is just a day. It is 24 hours of life, an impossible set of circumstances conspiring to make THIS; and here it is. It is opulence and luxury and opportunity beyond words; and here it is.

4 comments:

  1. Something about this post made this incredibly (borderline stressful) dull day more bearable. Even though there is 1.5 hours left of it, this post made it more cheery in all.

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  2. This is the perfect post to read as I sit and enjoy "espresso" from my moka pot. I really enjoy reading your blog-have a happy and caffeinated new year!

    Have you ever tried greek (or turkish-they are the same) coffee? You might like it...just saying :)

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    1. I've had it called both, and always enjoyed it. There's a Lebanese restaurant in my home town that serves "Turkish coffee", and it was actually one of my first coffee experiences, years ago.

      And happy new year to you as well. Thanks.

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