A little more than a minute...

See I didn't know what to blog about today...until my wonderful cousin suggested the topic of food. She says that 'every meal is an experience!'

My initial reaction was 'Psssht...food...I'm hungry.' Seriously, I figured if I wanted to talk about food, I'd need to have one of those awesome experiences, you know...like the ones you see on the Food Network's 'The Best Thing I Ever Ate'. You know it's cool...and gets your stomach going.

However, knowing that I really had nothing to write about, and with food now on my mind, I started to think a little. Food. What could I write about food? Then I remembered that for whatever reason, I skipped lunch today and my stomach was getting very angry at me...I was getting very angry at me! 

The wondrous thing about food, is just how blatantly it can affect us. For instance, having that unbelievable pile of wings with your buddies could be a memory that lasts a life time. Or perhaps grabbing coffee with a buddy. It's more than just the coffee. There is always something more. Having an outstanding, comforting or wholesome meal can easily melt away the drones of day. (Make sure you get your meals in!)

At the same time, what about the lackluster meals? I know when Momma puts the mundane on the table, like last night, I sit and start chewing like a cow. How can that possibly be an interesting experience? I wasn't able to answer that question, until my wondrous cousin said 'every meal is an interesting experience.' It is. It truly is.

Sitting there, chewing on bread as if it were 8 days stale along with a lifetime of the mundane solitude, you'd think nothing interesting would happen. I definitely didn't intend for anything interesting to happen...I mean, it was just dinner time, time to reload and eat and kind of stay alive. Then when I looked back at that 'boring' moment, sitting down and doing nothing but eating, I realized that at that moment, while eating, I went into deep thought.

Such a mundane meal along with an ultimately long and taxing day, I realized, I had an unintentional epiphany while eating. I started thinking about important things, at least what I think is important (school, work, life...cheesy things). Now what is important, is totally subjective and I'm not going to spell out what I was thinking about...I mean, my minute rice is almost done...I don't have time to tell you! (<<Remind me to blog about that...time, that is)

But seriously, it's interesting, even at the most boring times and the most mundane meals, your mind won't go to bed. You're going to continue to think, and where your mind takes you, could very well be miraculous, because it drifts to things that will definitely make you go 'Woah'. I can almost guarantee you'll subconsciously end up in some deep thought. Seriously. You'll feel almost genius like. It's interesting, so I challenge you to try it. I mean I know you can't try to have a boring meal and then monitor your thoughts, it won't work like that. But the next time you're bored, and then when you realize you're not bored...think about what just happened and what you just did.

If some of you think I'm crazy or a little...lunatic-like, which you probably will think (and should think), it's probably warranted...and I hope that next time you have dinner, you think about it. 

It's quite interesting. Every meal is interesting.