Three Best Things in the World
One night, when I was in law school, I had dinner with a couple of the guys in my study group. We started talking about the three best feelings in the world. They were pretty straightforward, with variations of "sex", "food", and "sleep."
I tried to define my three best things.
1. The feeling when you've been writing a computer program for days, trying to get the computer to type back, "Hello World" and it finally does.
2. The feeling of having a crush on someone, and having that crush do something receptive - not the steady, abiding feeling of love, but the stomach-swooping feeling of crush-rewarded.
3. The feeling of helping someone - someone who is lost, or looking for an answer, and knowing enough to point them in the right direction.
That "3" drove my career choice - as a librarian, I help lost people all day, every day. This afternoon has had several helping-lost-folks moments, and the feeling doesn't get old.
What about you? What are your three favorites?
Mindy, who doesn't have anything *against* sex, food, or sleep, but thinks that there is something more.
I tried to define my three best things.
1. The feeling when you've been writing a computer program for days, trying to get the computer to type back, "Hello World" and it finally does.
2. The feeling of having a crush on someone, and having that crush do something receptive - not the steady, abiding feeling of love, but the stomach-swooping feeling of crush-rewarded.
3. The feeling of helping someone - someone who is lost, or looking for an answer, and knowing enough to point them in the right direction.
That "3" drove my career choice - as a librarian, I help lost people all day, every day. This afternoon has had several helping-lost-folks moments, and the feeling doesn't get old.
What about you? What are your three favorites?
Mindy, who doesn't have anything *against* sex, food, or sleep, but thinks that there is something more.
One would have to be that "in the zone" feeling when writing, though! :D
My number one is definitely the feeling of playing through a song on violin perfectly after long hours of practice. This is similar to the "in the zone" feeling with writing... I just wish it would happen more often :P.
2) those three little but powerful words said by someone you also love. (friend, family, whatever)
3) that feeling you get when you've eaten to complete satiation. Tastebuds, stomach, and emotions are all completely satisfied by what you've just consumed.
Kada.
Interesting, Kada, that your third point is similar to the boys' (in my original conversation) food point. You, though, add in an emotional component that was wholly lacking in theirs!
I honestly don't know if men (generalising here, i know there will be exceptions to the rule on both sides of the equation) feel the same way about food as women do. Bruce and I have had numerous conversations about food and emotions and how the two can be combined. For him, he loves to cook, he feels pride and satisfaction when others eat his cooking, he can feel joy at making a new recipe work well. But for him there isn't the intense emotional by play when actually eating. Food's tasty, or not.
He didn't cry when his favourite chocolate cookie was discontinued. Sure he was disappointed, but he shrugged and went on with life.
He'll eat comfort foods when sick, but he can't understand how eating a favourite food, can make me happy. Not just the happy you get from stabilised sugar levels, but truly happy.
For him, eating is a pleasure, food is a necessity and emotions just don't enter the cooking process.. except maybe pride and joy for the process itself. (and mischievousness when springing a childhood favourite on his sister over christmas LOL)
For me, food = love. Pure and simple.
Food nourishes not only the body but the mind and soul as well.
A meal is about six senses, not five.
You smell the rich odours, see the delights you're about to consume, hear the sounds of yourself (and others) eating or making commentary on the food, lips, teeth, tongue and throat are all involved in the tactile sensation of eating, and lets not forget taste.. that first moment when you put a long anticipated food into your mouth.. or a totally new food that you're not sure about. And linking all of these together is the emotions that are caused by those physical sensations. Trepidation, love, anger, self hate, misery, joy, lust, all of these and more can be felt when eating or cooking a meal. How then is food not emotional? I've asked him many times.
His response? "You're just a foody" LOL