coffee

A perfect morning for me is waking up early enough to see the sunrise. To first have a hot cup of tea and read The Word and then go off for a brisk morning run. When I return home I make a wonderful, delicious breakfast. (This morning happened to be grilled mushrooms cooked with a thick creamy sauce, fried into my egg and put on a piece of toast with a banana and orange on the side, delicious I recommend it.) All of it combined together is great the sunrise, the run, the food, the reading, the peacefulness; but the one item that can break or make that morning of goodness: the cup of coffee. 

Coffee, according to the women of Denmark, is for the body what the Word of the Lord is for the soul. 

Coffee is not merely a mug filled with a thick, hot mess of liquid. It is not just your wake up call, or your drug to get you through the day. No, no, coffee is so much more. A bad cup of coffee can ruin your morning, put you in a horrid mood and leave a bad taste in your mouth until dark. But a great cup of coffee, now that will put you in a blissful mood no matter who or what you encounter. Coffee can be dark and strong, it can be sweet and the smell of it that hits your nostrils before the taste of it kisses your tongue is something that you can relish upon for days. A cup of coffee is not only good for your body; to caffeinate you, to energize you. But a good cup of coffee is good for your soul as well. The number of incredible conversations I have had over coffee is countless, the number of heart-felt talks I have encountered over lattes are numerous and the number of epiphanies I have embarked upon inside my own heart and mind while sipping a cappuccino are endless. 

So, please go enjoy a cup of coffee. Make it caffeinated, make it strong, have someone right there to enjoy it with you and take in the wet, hot goodness of bliss in a mug.

(p.s. the mug, the to-go cup, the styrofoam can make all the difference!)