When I ate the jelly beans while multi-tasking … typing this blog … I didn’t get any memory recalls. Of course I tasted the liquorice or the cinnamon, etc, but there was no space to savour the moment and either link with a memory or build a new one. I just typed and chewed and swallowed and went on to the next word and the next bean. A waste of their powerful deliciousness.
How many moments do we miss out on, because we are not fully present. Too busy trying to get too many things done, so we don’t really live or create memories .. just blurs of mishmashed tastes and more often than not typos. We end up living in black and white instead of full colour.
Another lesson from the jelly beans was on “meh”.
“Meh (/mɛ/) is an interjection used as an expression of indifference or boredom. … The use of the term “meh” shows that the speaker is apathetic, uninterested, or indifferent to the question or subject at hand. It is occasionally used as an adjective, meaning something is mediocre or unremarkable.”
Even though they are called, “Gourmet” jelly beans, some of them just don’t have any distinct flavour, they are just “meh”. It made me wonder about life. What flavour do I bring to a place, a situation my job … ? Hopefully something positive. Although, I would dare to say that even a “bad” flavour in the moment is better than”meh”.
Indecision and blurry beliefs, may feel like a safe place to hang out, but “meh” won’t ever achieve anything meaningful. You could end up being left at the bottom of the jelly bean bag.
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