APPRECIATING ALL THE FLAVORS OF LIFE

Slice of lemon pie

"If life were predictable, it would...be without flavor."                                                                          ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Yesterday I was looking for a quote about flavor because I wanted to share something about it today.

For many years, during my morning "start the day ritual," I have read a certain affirmation which begins "With wonder and joy I am dancing with Spirit and tasting the sweetness of life..." Yesterday I got the message in my mind and heart that life has many more flavors that sweetness and it would help if I would accept, respect, and appreciate them all.

What do I mean by this? During a healing stay at the Chopra Center in 2000 when I faced cancer, I learned about the Ayurvedic approach to eating and healing.

According to Ayurvedic teaching, it is healthy and wise - and tasty too - to include in every meal the flavors of sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent, and astringent.

There is certainly something good about this mix of flavors in cooking and eating, yes?

So perhaps we can shift from judging certain "flavors" of life as unpleasant or even bad and welcome - and even savor - them all in our daily experience.

Hmm. To what gift does this reflection most relate? Imagination? Let's imagine life as a wondrous feast today and appreciate that we have been invited.

Love and blessings for your day!