Despite our big desires, needs, and our endless thirst for more, there are times that simple things like a Starbucks drink become enough, become satisfying.
Lately I’ve been hungry more often than usual. I cannot stop eating. I want the cookies that I always avoid. I want the chocolates that I try not to look at. I want big pizzas and I don’t care for calories. But I’ve been hungry not just for food, but for dreams too, the dreams ones I'm too impatient to get to.
I was very impatient earlier today. I was not myself, and I really mean it because I know who I am by now.
And I just had to have a Java Chip (another word for a chocolaty drink with lots of cream and calories) with my friend Nura.
I don’t know if it was the delicious Java Chip or the blue dress I tried on, but I became satisfied. I stopped whining. And I forgot about London. I forgot that I am dying to see what’s outside of Virginia, that I’m dying to live in New York and write. I forgot and I’m still satisfied.
Maybe we just have to give it time and let things rest for a bit. Sometimes a little thing like a good drink helps. And sometimes it's the friends who listen and know the right things to say.