We all have our favorites, but what about our very most favorites? Mine is pizza! Not just the home-delivered or deep dish variety, but the thin-crust-charred-in-a-wood-burning-oven kind. You know the one that takes less than 5 minutes to bake in an oven that is probably 200 yrs old and seen the chefs grow horizontally throughout the years?



This masterpiece subtly begged for attention as it sat quietly on the menu with an allure that beckoned my call. The simple ingredients of ricotta, proscuitto and egg were perfectly matched, but the ingredient that brought it all together and almost through me off my seat was the...truffle oil! Imagine the buttery taste of the cheese mixed with the delicate fat of the egg yolk, mixed with the briny saltiness of the cured meat then topped with the earthy essence of the truffle! I savored every single bite slowly and with great pleasure as I knew it wouldn't last forever. For 30 minutes I was the happiest person on the planet.

But why only 30 minutes? Because I allowed myself to stay present for that amount of time before my mind took me into the chaos that existed around me. As food can only be my temporary connection to my happiness, how can I spread that time within my life to create more and more pleasure? I invite you to think of your joys and how you can achieve your desired state longer and longer day by day? What makes you so happy that you want to laugh endlessly, love passionately and be peaceful indefinitely?