Cookie For One
Have you ever eaten alone? If you have, how did it feel like? What were you experiencing or even thinking the whole time you were eating for one? Well, I had lunch for one last week and it was something different. I started out scanning for food to eat and thinking what I felt like eating that day. Surprisingly, I ended up with a big Cookie...or as I called it a 'Cookie Monster'. I found a place to seat and waited patiently for my cookie to be heated up by one of the workers at the counter. As I sat there, I started to ponder on things that were going on in my life. "Where am I at this moment? Am I happy? Do I feel lonely at this point? What's next in my life? Where's my destination?" So many life questions… Before I could answer myself, my cookie came. Yeay! My first thought was “Wow…it’s so big. Okay...where do I start?” I probably stared at the cookie for more than 30 seconds before I decided to halve it. That’s done. Now what? I slowly ate t