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The Extraordinary Sambal Kangkong
Yesterday was my birthday. - yipeee... one year wiser ? hm....haha
No grand celebration. No elaborate plans. Just time with the people I love most - my husband, Dennys, Kimberly, her boyfriend Kit, and my brother who happened to be visiting from the US.
We had dinner together. Simple fare. Nothing fancy. But there was sambal kangkong on the table - a dish so common in Singapore, something you can find anywhere. Yet somehow, yesterday, it tasted extraordinary. Maybe it was the way we ate together, smiling, laughing, sharing stories. Maybe it was knowing my brother travelled so far and happened to be here for this moment. Maybe it was simply being fully present.
This is the gift of time that matters most - not just having time but noticing it as it unfolds.
We spend so much energy planning for special occasions, waiting for birthdays or holidays to celebrate. But mindfulness asks us something different: What if every ordinary meal could feel this way? What if we brought this same presence, this same gratitude, to our daily moments?
That sambal kangkong didn't change. The recipe was the same as always. What changed was us - our attention, our awareness, our choice to be fully there with each other. No phones. No distractions. Just us, the food, the conversation, the love.
The extraordinary hides inside the ordinary, waiting for us to notice.
Here's my question for you:
When was the last time you ate a meal where you actually tasted the food - not just consumed it, but truly savoured it? Maybe you were with others, or maybe you were alone, fully present to each bite.
When did you last laugh at your own dinner table? Can you remember the last conversation you had where everyone was fully present, no devices competing for attention?
What would it take for you to create one moment like that this week - not waiting for a special occasion, but choosing to make an ordinary moment sacred through your full presence?
May you find the extraordinary hidden in your ordinary. May you taste your food.
May you hear the laughter. May you notice the love that's already here.
Bon Appetit.
#Mindfulness #Presence #Birthday #SimpleJoys #Gratitude #TimeIsLove #BePresent #ordinarymagic
🌷 from Linda's desk at Tulip Meadows🌷
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