How to be happy: 'Enjoying eating'

There is a small flower called Matricaria.
White petals with a soft yellow center.
It is somewhat simple, and just looking at it
helps you relax your shoulders.

Its flower language is 'a heart that enjoys'.

Even without doing anything special,
if you just have the 'feeling of wanting to enjoy',
daily life becomes a little kinder.
It is a flower that teaches us that.

Has eating become just a 'chore'?

In our busy daily lives,
meals easily become a target for efficiency.

・Finishing quickly
・Eating while doing something else
・Just filling your hunger

Before you know it, 'eating'
can become just a process.

But originally, eating is life itself.
It is an act that touches not only the body but also the heart.

If you leave this behind,
a feeling of being unfulfilled remains somewhere.

By savoring, the world expands a little

Even with the same meal,
it changes just by deciding to 'enjoy' it.

・Feel the aroma
・Focus on the texture
・Chew slowly

Just by doing that, your usual meal becomes a little richer.

It doesn't have to be a high-class dish.
Even a convenience store rice ball,
if you savor it carefully, is truly delicious.

In fact, rather than 'what you eat',
the way you eat is more
closely related to your happiness.

The luxury of eating with someone

The joy of eating
expands even further by sharing it with others.

・Saying 'This is delicious' to each other
・Laughing while eating the same thing
・Sharing a little bit

Just by doing that, a meal becomes a memorable time.

Time spent eating alone is also important, but
time spent eating with someone
has a strong power to fill the heart.

There is a richness there that money cannot buy.

When you organize your eating, your life also becomes organized

Eating is a time that
definitely comes every day.

That is precisely why, just by being careful about this,
the quality of your entire life will change little by little.

・Do not rush your meal time
・Create space to feel 'delicious'
・Be conscious of what you put into your body

No special effort is needed.
Just change how you approach it, even if only a little.

Summary

Enjoying eating does not mean
being extravagant.

It means paying proper attention
to the bite in front of you.

Just by doing that, daily life becomes a little richer.

Please try to enjoy
today's meal just a little bit.
That will surely be the entrance to a little happiness.

Books that influenced me in writing this article

I have also summarized other 'ways to be happy' flowers
at the link below.
Please take as much as you need🍀

Thank you for reading until the end.
I hope to see you in another article.
🍀May you be happy🍀