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I made dinner last night. This itself is not a revelation, but I actually cooked dinner, as opposed to punching holes in plastic and slinging the cardboard tray into the microwave.
I like to cook, although I had not done it for some time. Pragmatically, I also have leftovers into next week.
I was struck by a powerful feeling, not sadness per se', something I could not put my finger upon. Emptiness? Not sure. Call it a pang.
"We" had something of a Saturday ritual. We would shop just for dinner that night, and I would cook. I put the antique oil lamp on the balcony table and we would enjoy a quiet dinner outside.
That was almost two years ago. I'm neither whining nor pining for the past, just a bit surprised by my reaction to this. Perhaps, deep down, this could be why I don't do this much any more.
Are there things in your life, seemingly routine, that provide a trigger of sorts, an association to your past?
Some times i think,,the mundane things,,that we did in the past,at time,are maybe the things now we would miss,and sometimes,in the missing of them,we get that feeling of emptiness,as the thing in question,is not the same anymore.
but on a brighter note,,it can be,,i feel with a different attitude r approach to the thing,
its all in our hands.how was the meal?
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