The Flavours of Life

You may ask, what the essence of life is? Well, I think it will mean different things to different people. To some maybe it's in having lots of money and wealth, to others maybe it's fame and I think there are many differing opinions and answers to this question. I often wonder about these things myself. Reflecting on my own life and what I have derived from it or of it......I have come to the conclusion that the essence of life in every person's life depends exactly on what ingredients we choose to put into it.

For instance, a chef, he has to mix up spices, herbs, and what have you to come up with the perfect dish. That is his special ingredient that will finally yield the result that he wants for his dish. Let's look at a painter. What does he have to do to create his perfect picture?? Well it takes a lot of planning and thought. His art needs to inspire and captivate the eye that beholds his art piece. There has to be dimension and depth to his work. That's his way of putting it all together to bring out the best of what he does. Stroke by little stroke of his brush, day in and day out, he brings perfection and completion to his art piece. And what about and actor? Well, don't you think he needs to perfect his art of acting by putting in the ingredients that will shape him into character? He definitely does. His appearance changes, his thoughts change, his movements, everything about him has to change in order to become this other person. He is putting in the ingredients necessary to become the other person.

In our own lives, I think this is the key to living a fulfilled and happy life. Many of us think that we have the brunt of everything and we just give up. Why, just because someone is giving us a hard time, or there's too much work to be done or there is not enough money to do the things we want. Well, let me ask you, who does have enough money to do the things he wants???? Except if you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth or if you were just plain harworking and made yourself rich, which I think is something really fantastic.

The need to look into ourselves and the need to find the ingredients within ourselves is so important to our own wellbeing. No one is going to give that to us. It is in us and we have to dig deep enough to find it. We need to achieve something that will bring meaning to our existence. It is not merely to exist that we were born. There's more to it than that. If not, would our Creator have created this earth and all that's in it for nothing? And I often wonder if He too was looking for the essence of His existence through creation. I do wonder.

We look around and see it everywhere, people loving, people crying, people hurting, people striving, people working and everyone trying to make it better. Everyone looking for the secret ingredient that will make it happen for him, everyone going to and for and back and forth, searching, day in and day out. It's a life struggle for some. There's too much pain and sorrow that has overwhelmed them and they lose sight of the beauty of life that surrounds them and they choose to concentrate on the sorrows of life. What tragedy that is?

I know one thing for sure, if you choose to flavour your life with love, you will be loved, if you flavour it with joy you will receive joy, you flavour it with patience, you will be patient, you flavour it with laughter, you will always smile. The essence of life is found deep inside your heart, if you nurture it and strengthen it with the good inside your heart. It's the good seeds that you sow that will reap the fruits in it's harvest. The essence of life is here in these fruits.