Have you ever experienced the perfect moment? It's one of those moments in your life when you realise THIS {whatever is happening at the time} is better than you could have imagined. But as soon as you acknowledge the moment, it is gone. Just as you know it would.
Tonight I found myself in that moment. I've got Earl Klugh's Like a Lover playing in the house. The sisters, Saffira and Vida are happily playing up and down the living room punctuating the house with giggles and squeals. My lovely wife is filming the girls on her phone while I'm preparing the best bowl of buttered green beans to serve for our family dinner.
We've just moved house 3 weekends ago and there are still some boxes of stuff that haven't yet found a home in our new home. I looked over at our dining table, it was full of stuff. The coffee table? Full of stuff. I asked Bea if she could perhaps clear the coffee table when she suggested why not have a picnic on the kitchen floor? I nearly said no. I'm glad I didn't.
As a chef I pride myself in clever cooking under strict budgets of material, time or equipment. I can jazz up a 2 minute noodle with egg, extra veg, and slices of leftovers, special seasoning and if available -garnish. Tonight was "Couldn't we just have something simple please?" So that meant leftover basmati rice with tinned tuna, boiled eggs, and green beans tossed in butter.
Looking around the picnic rug watching the family dine simply while listening to my mood music was the perfect moment. I suddenly remembered a moment way back when I was 17. I was in our stylish Pok Fu Lam flat in Hong Kong overlooking the sea. I remember day dreaming how cool it would be to be listening to Earl Klugh in my own funky place with my hot wife and a couple of kiddies running around. That 20th century day dream pale against the vividness of its 21st century reality. Without realising, it seems every choice I have made in the last 33 years have finally led to a fulfilment.
I wonder what other dreams have I forgotten or dismissed as impossible are on the way still?
