Lump

I like a mug of milk with Cola Cao. And I like the lumps that form in it. This usually happens with cold milk, not with hot milk. I like to add some chocolate powder and play with my teaspoon — wetting the lumps, watching them absorb the milk. I take them out with the teaspoon and eat them. Then I add a little more chocolate and repeat the process.

It is a good way to be present in the moment. I watch and enjoy the lumps being wetted. I smell the chocolate. I hear the teaspoon entering the mug and stirring through the milk. I feel the teaspoon in my hand — and through it, the resistance of the lumps. I feel the lumps on my tongue and how they break apart. I taste the chocolate wrapped in milk, and then the pure chocolate that releases when the lump breaks. All five senses, fully in the moment.

That is a moment of relief — just relaxing, enjoying, and flowing. A moment of finding joy in small things.

Nowadays we eat while watching videos and scrolling through social media. We put food in our mouths and swallow it without being present, without joy. Why? We have become addicted to being entertained. It is also a trap disguised as efficiency — the feeling of being productive by doing two things at once, learning and eating simultaneously. But in reality we lose the present moment, and with it, the joy of food.