Just For Fun ... And Have a Cup on Me!
Maybe kissing is sort of like nature's coffee.
~Scott Westerfeld
A few weeks ago when I was traveling, I stopped at a Starbucks, ordered my usual— light roast, half-calf with cream. I was also a little hungry so I added a muffin. I forget now which kind ...
When I arrived at my destination, I sat down to eat it. Little did I know then how the wrapper the muffin came in would become fun food for thought.
As I munched, I spied these words on the wrapper:
Starbucks coffee
Flavors my senses
Sweetens my disposition
Stirs my imagination
Nourishes my dreams
I thought to myself, Really, it does? Starbucks coffee can do all that? Hmmm ...
Then my thoughts began to do their usually wondering. Here's what came next:
Well, perhaps coffee can do that.
I do get pretty happy after my coffee. But Starbucks?
I'm not sure. It's a little bitter for me.
Plus, I really prefer organic. Better for my body, better for the world.
But I do really really really love coffee.
I am pretty sure I have an addiction to coffee.
In fact, I know I do because it's just about the first thing I think of in the morning.
Can't wait to get to it.
So maybe Starbucks is right.
Coffee does flavor and sweeten my attitude.
It does jumpstart my thoughts and imagination.
Nourishes my dreams? More hmmm .... Not quite sure about that one.
And then I had one of those light bulb moments. You know the kind. When all of a sudden the world makes complete sense?
What really DOES flavor, sweeten, stir, and nourish me?
So I proceeded to take out the phrase, "Starbucks coffee," and substitute a word that spoke to my heart, like:
"Spirit"
"Friends"
"Nature ... "
Now the creative thoughts were really rolling in and I had a lot of fun trying out different words with the four Starbucks phrases. Here's my favorite:
Love flavors my senses
Love sweetens my disposition
Love stirs my imagination
Love nourishes my dreams ....
And on I went.
Wanna give it a try?
Pick a word and put it into the Starbucks formula and notice how it makes you feel.
Post it here and I'll randomly pick one and gift that lucky person with a Starbucks gift card! Let's play!
∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞
And if you want a feel good VIDEO to jumpstart YOUR day, here is my current favorite.
The sound of RAIN created by a human orchestra. Simply amazing! Click here.
And be sure to turn the volume up to High.
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22 comments:
This is fun!!
Joy flavors my senses
Joy sweetens my disposition
Joy stirs my imagination
Joy nourishes my dreams
I loved the video! They are so creatively talented!
Hi Jan, I love it when something small provides inspiration like this! Love and Joy are hard to top, but I want to play along so here is what comes to mind for me:
Laughter flavors my senses
Laughter sweetens my disposition
Laughter stirs my imagination
Laughter nourishes my dreams
Tabitha,
Oh, I just knew you would pick Joy or Bliss, or even God. Glad you liked the video!
Jodi,
Laughter is such a wonderful choice. We all need more of that. :-)
Thanks for playing!
Hi Jan! I thought about this for a bit & thought that "dreams" might not work. But the more I thought, the more "dreams" made sense to me! What do you think?
Susan
Dreams flavor my senses
Dreams sweeten my disposition
Dreams stir my imagination
Dreams nourish my dreams
Since joy was already used I went to the next best thing.
My spirit flavors my senses.
My spirit sweetens my disposition.
My spirit stirs my imagination.
My spirit nourishes my dreams.
Hi jan,
what a beautiful inspiration.
Love,Joy,Laughter,Dreams,Spirit all add to the beauty of our lives.As these have been told by my friends I thought of adding reading,that which connects all of us!
Reading flavors my senses
Reading sweetens my disposition
Reading stirs my imagination
Reading nourishes my dreams
Great idea -- I substitute with this phrase, which popped into mind immediately:
"Good times with my family" ... flavor my senses....
Thanks for a wonderful idea!
Well, I feel like a winner already just to know you, Jan, so please let the other kids vie for this.
I just want to say, Starbucks is poetry, yes a little bitter for me too, but in a pinch it comes in handy. No muffins at ours, tho, boo, hoo. But nice squares and poundcakes and such.
Off the bat - writing.
Writing flavors my senses
Writing sweetens my disposition
Writing sitrs my imagination
Writing nourrishes my dreams
Water (tap, fountain, rain, sea) and solitude do the same thing for me.
Creativity flavors my senses!
Creativity sweetens my disposition~
Creativty stirs my imagination!
Creativity nourishes my dreams!
Speaking of creativity...
Did you know that I think you are such a Creative Goddess, Jan?!
You are!
Thank you so much for sharing this part of your day and your thoughts with us! It was a great way to start my day ~
(I read this earlier this morning and replied but I hit the handicap button next to the word verification and it made crazy~language sounds like I tuned into Mars or something! Then I hit it again and there was weird recording noises followed by me hitting it a third time...you know, because the first two times were oh so successful (!) and it deleted my comments and kicked me off of your blog! Apparently the Mars aliens don't like it when you try to tap into their conversations more than twice!!! Anyway ~ so here I am again playing on your delightful bloggie! :D )
Giggles,
Bella
P.S. I *LOVED* the orchestra rain video!
Music flavors my senses
Music sweetens my disposition
Music stirs my imagination
Music nourishes my dreams
and I'll add:
Music enlivens my soul
Music awakens my senses
The sweet sound of Natures music... there is nothing like it.... the rustling leaves set the tempo, the birds sing the melody, insects hum the harmony, a woodpecker burst in timpani, Such a glorious orchestra!
I'd never heard of the Rain Orchestra, It's magnificent. Thank you for tuning us to it.
I could have said "Jan's Blog" but that would have been two words... Jan, you and your blog flavor the senses; sweeten dispositions; Stir the imagination; and nurish dreams... And for that, I thank you!
Hmmm what flavor coffee would you be? :-) Love and Light, Nina P.
Susan,
Dreams is a great choice! And it really works, creates all kinds of dreamy things to ponder...
Jill,
Joy is always a great choice, too, but Spirit does work well. It creates a feeling of expansiveness, that all things are possible.
Sema,
A woman after my own heart. I love reading too and I sure does all those things you mention. Plus connects us!
Cindy,
Of course, this is the perfect choice for YOU! Family flavors everything with love and joy...
Jannie,
Hi! I imagine you might put the word "laugher" in its place, seeing that you are such a fun gal. :-)
Cheryl,
'Tis true, writing does do that for many of us. I am continually amazed how putting pen to paper ourselves, uplifts US as the writer!
Bella,
Oooh, creativity, that is a keeper. It does open pathway after pathway. Thanks for the kudos. I do like to create!. I also like to think of creativity as acts expressing our divinity (aka Matthew Fox). In being creative, we mirror the original act of the Divine and engage in a sacred process of creating our world once again. :-)
Nina,
I concur with that one too. Music an take us to the heights! It sure boosts my creativity, confidence, and joy. And, as you say, even the simple music of nature--birdsong, wind in the trees, flowing water has that same powerful effect. And thank you for your kind comments. xo :-)
Jan you are so creative!
Family flavors my senses
Family sweetens my disposition
Family stirs my imagination
Family nourishes my dreams
I LOVE that Rain video. I tried to post it on my site, but I couldn't figure out how to do it. Glad you've included it here....actually, in the heat wave we're having at the moment, it's kind of refreshing. :o)
The best word to insert for me too is "Laughter". It works for me, everytime!
I think you win the card, Jan. I can't think of a better word there than Love!
It really works for me.
Once I gave up coffee, a long time ago (okay, last year) and realized that it wasn't the caffeine I was addicted to. It's the ritual and what a good friend it has been to me in my life.
I met my husband in the coffee shop I used to work in. Not a starbucks.
Love flavors my senses
Love sweetens my disposition
Love stirs my imagination
Love nourishes my dreams.
Yep.
I changed mine a little :-).
Nature flavors my senses
Joy sweetens my disposition
Painting stirs my imagination
Love nourishes my dreams
And spirit is there in all four :-).
I don't drink Stabucks, so if I should win please gift it to another :-).
Tess,
Your word substitution is marvelous too, especially considering that new grandbaby!
Carolynn,
More laughter. Delightful! I am glad you liked the video. I thought it was awesome!
Laura,
I had the same realization about coffee. Not the caffeine, per se, cuz tea can do the same, but it is the comfort ritual (pattern) I've associated it with it. Interesting! Oh, Love, more Love, it does delight and inspire—endlessly!
Annie,
I adore your original take on this. Multi-dimensional. So creative, as are you!
(BTW, I don't drink Starbucks on a regular basis. I prefer to brew my own organic, free trade coffee, but, alas, I had left it at home. I do know many others enjoy it, though. :-)
What a delightful post Jan.
And I love your 'light bulb moment'!
As I am a lightworker I couldn't go past light for my word.
Light flavors my senses
Light sweetens my disposition
Light stirs my imagination
Light nourishes my dreams
I had seen the video before but it was certainly worthwhile viewing again.
Namaste
Peggy
Peggy,
This is a beautiful choice and I concur. Without the Light, how would we live? Appreciating the light you share...
How lovely! And I've come late to this, so having trouble coming up with a new word.... let's see.
Gratitude flavours my senses, sweetens my disposition, stirs my imagination and nourishes my dreams.
I am grateful for a good cup of coffee and the companionship of bloggers!
HealingStones,
Gratitude is a delicious choice, I agree. An attitude of gratitude flavors everything nicely and propels are journey in ways that are quite amazing.
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