30 Days of Gratitude: Day 10
30 Days of Gratitude: Day 10, originally uploaded by Unique-Muslimah.
I’m grateful for the time I had with my father today. In this increasingly fast-paced life it is sometimes hard to have some quality time with your loved ones. But today among the hustle and bustle of people in the city rushing here and there we managed to find a nice, quiet café where I had this nice, albeit strong, cappuccino.
And being caffeine induced made my wired-over-active-brain reflect on certain things in front of me. I wondered, whilst sipping on my warm drink, and while observing people marching down the road with a cell phone attached to their ear, with the latest, fashionable bag and shoes and the must-have outfit, if we are looking for a good quality of life in the right places. Some may think a good quality of life means a good mall, good coffee, a nice looking mobile phone, a bank account with lots of money.
Don’t get me wrong, those are great things and sometimes quite necessary (especially if you’ve had a rough night and have an early start – the discovery of coffee comes as a blessing at this point!)
But I came to realise that for me, personally, a really good quality of life is in the feeling you have, (perhaps the very feeling I had after I drank the caffeine-filled cappuccino); the peace of mind, the surge of happiness, the calm, secure feeling that no matter what happens, as long as you have faith in yourself and you have your loved ones by your side, you’ll be okay. You’ll survive, you’ll thrive, you’ll continue to grow. Because sometimes a person can have all the materialistic possessions in the world and never experience an ounce of these incredibly sought-after emotions…
That raw feeling and the things associated with it… is the real, true quality of life I seek. Whether I’m rich or poor, I ask for those feelings. And I want it without the help of caffeinated products. I guess I’m grateful for these realisations of what I want. I guess I’m after my very own heart’s content.
30 Days of Gratitude: Day 9
30 Days of Gratitude: Day 9, originally uploaded by Unique-Muslimah.
Today I’m grateful for my “don’t give up” attitude. The last time I made cupcakes, some of them had caved in, although I was not sure why. I was adamant to get a perfect tray of cupcakes, so I tried again today and all is well – I conquered the baking world of cupcakes and now I’m ready to move onto another baking challenge.
The same can be said with the textures I tried to find to accompany this photograph. It took a while to find something suitable and although my eyes wanted to get some shut eye and essentially ‘give up’, I kept going because I wanted to finish what I had started. Thanks to the makers of this texture and this one which were added to the photograph using photoshop. And on that note, I’m grateful for photoshop cs; I was not aware of the endless possibilities it offers.
I can’t stop there. Today I have to be most grateful for my taste buds – especially the sweet ones – because the cupcakes sure tasted delicious. (I cannot believe cats do not have sweet taste buds – they have no idea what they’re missing out on!)
