Yesterday I made my lunch on autopilot as usual and headed off to work. I don't take a real "lunch break". Instead I usually take my lunch either into my office and reply to emails and catch up on paperwork or I go into the stock room and do some receiving while I eat.
Yesterday was a stock room day. So I went in, put my music on and opened my little Rubbermaid container and just smiled. I had cut up a Granny Smith apple and a couple of ounces of cheddar and grabbed a sleeve of saltines. Looking down at my apple slices and cheese I suddenly got the image of the first time I had that combination.
I was 13 years old. We had flown back to the states from the Phillippines to California and then to Chicago. We were at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. We stopped for lunch and I must have ordered a fruit plate because I remember them bringing out a plate with a thin slices of cheddar, grapes and slices of green apple. That was the first time I had ever even considered placing a slice of cheese on top of the apple. I remember the tart but sweet taste of the apple along with the sharp taste of the cheddar. I don't remember why- but for some reason the whole experience made me feel like a grown up. Silly, huh?
As I looked down at my lunch, as I placed the slice of cheese on the slice of apple, as I bit into that sweet/salty/tart/sharp combination; I closed my eyes and for a moment I was transported back, sitting in the airport with my family after long hours of flying across the world, feeling very adult-like and I just smiled. My heart felt a little lighter. My day was a little less stressful. All seemed right in the world.
Sometimes, it's the little things that can turn your day from ordinary to a little extraordinary if only for a moment. And that moment can make all the difference. So take those little things, take that feeling and cherish it because it's fleeting but it can be so important.
Yesterday was a stock room day. So I went in, put my music on and opened my little Rubbermaid container and just smiled. I had cut up a Granny Smith apple and a couple of ounces of cheddar and grabbed a sleeve of saltines. Looking down at my apple slices and cheese I suddenly got the image of the first time I had that combination.
I was 13 years old. We had flown back to the states from the Phillippines to California and then to Chicago. We were at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. We stopped for lunch and I must have ordered a fruit plate because I remember them bringing out a plate with a thin slices of cheddar, grapes and slices of green apple. That was the first time I had ever even considered placing a slice of cheese on top of the apple. I remember the tart but sweet taste of the apple along with the sharp taste of the cheddar. I don't remember why- but for some reason the whole experience made me feel like a grown up. Silly, huh?
As I looked down at my lunch, as I placed the slice of cheese on the slice of apple, as I bit into that sweet/salty/tart/sharp combination; I closed my eyes and for a moment I was transported back, sitting in the airport with my family after long hours of flying across the world, feeling very adult-like and I just smiled. My heart felt a little lighter. My day was a little less stressful. All seemed right in the world.
Sometimes, it's the little things that can turn your day from ordinary to a little extraordinary if only for a moment. And that moment can make all the difference. So take those little things, take that feeling and cherish it because it's fleeting but it can be so important.
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