We need tacos.

"Tacos. We need tacos."

A funny thing occured today...

I have been attempting to write this blog entry for a number of months now. Being the detail obsessed person that I can be when I am forcing myself to a task that I don't particularly relish, I was continually hung up on pieces of this entry. I couldn't find the right word, the right quote, the right thought to pull it all together.

I have been searching for a way to illustrate how I feel about exploration, adventure, spontaneity and definitely having an appetite for life. In reality, the answer had been before me at every meal I have eaten for the last 26ish years. 

Little did I know, all I needed was a subtly inspirational Mex-American dish.

During one of many not-so-focused planning sessions for our New Zealand excursion, KFarm and I were craving some food. I would have been pleased with anything, but Katie is a taco freak. That is her go to meal if there is a kitchen nearby. (Mad props to her taco prep skills by the way, she knows how to work a skillet). At the mere mention of food in our bellies we dropped what we were doing an quickly absconded to the nearest grocery for some necessary items.  Not long after, stomachs full, we were then able to turn our collective brains towards the looming task of accomplishing some form of a plan for our quickly approaching trip. And all was right in the world again.

Epiphany moment:

Every meal you have ever eaten and ever will eat should be appreciated.

Maybe simply for the fact that you have food on your table at all. Maybe for the fact that someone took time to prepare it for you. Maybe for the people you get to enjoy a meal with. Maybe for the fact that you used the special china to eat cereal out of and broke several etiquette rules in doing so.

The point being that you should take time to enjoy the meals you have. Taste every bite. Really THINK about what you are tasting. Name as many flavors in your head as you can. Fill as many seats at the table as you can. The more you can appreciate your food for what effort goes into it, the greater your appetite for life will become.