I found this quote printed across the top of a recipe I have on my "to make" pile in the kitchen this morning. The recipe is for Bacon Corn Hash! I have to say that eating a big plate of bacon corn hash would make me very happy most mornings; however, the quote still seemed a little over the top to me. At a glance, I thought it was a ridiculous thing to say. How could someone say that something as lofty as all happiness is dependent on what we eat in the morning?
BUT WAIT ...
I had a bit of time to ponder this quote today, in addition to pondering what I might write about this week and I have come to see that there may be deeper meaning than I initially noticed. I'll share the depth of my thoughts and invite you to give it a bit of time and see if it says anything meaningful to you ...
They say that breakfast is the most important meal of your day, so maybe the way we start our day has a significant impact on our happiness.
Do we really give any thought to the correlation between our happiness and the way we start our day?
If it is leisurely, we are not in a rush.
What is possible at breakfast when we are not in a rush?
Maybe we take time to talk with our family and not rush out the door...
Maybe we take time to "feed ourselves" instead of throwing in a Kashi bar and down an energy drink on the way out the door...
What makes us unhappy that begins by the fact that we are rushing into our day?
What makes us unhappy that is rooted in skipping something essential in the morning?
Breakfast might be the metaphor for something else you really "need", and are not giving enough time.
If we feel as if it's leisurely, maybe it's less stressful, which affects our overall health for the better.
If not breakfast, where are you taking time to be leisurely?
If happiness can come from something as simple as a leisurely breakfast, maybe we can find it in simple things throughout the day.
Perhaps this is suggesting that we can find happiness in anything if we are looking for it.
Perhaps it was just a food editor being outrageous.
What do you think?
This week's post is a great example of why I entitled this blog "Random Wisdom"; you can't get much more random than writing a blog about a quote from a recipe in a magazine. Then again, I believe you can find wisdom in all sorts of random things if you decide you want to look for it.
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