SPICE OF LIFE

Posted On October 4, 2020

Spice of life– a topic related to the kitchen or pun intended! Today when I was in the kitchen preparing lunch, I was looking at the different Spices in the  rack and was wondering at the similarities it had with life.

I was pondering  as to how,  on a daily basis ,  I keep interacting with spices . The aromatic ones like the cinnamon and cardamom  down to the  less aromatic turmeric powder and  mirchi powder. Of course, the king of all spices is  Salt.

But can we use the aromatic spices in our routine of daily food  ? Definitely not.  But  turmeric & red chilli powder is a must in our cooking. And no dish is complete without salt.

As I finished my cooking I started to ponder – aren’t they so similar to our life.

These aromatic spices are like the external beauty products – be it makeup products for any gender or perfumes which we use to enhance our external self. Just like its alright to use expensive spices for special occasions  and  make a great dish , similarly  we  can enhance  our  external self with the  beauty products  to look good for special occasions.

On the other hand  the essential ingredients  of life are the etiquette, self discipline &  righteousness which are so similar to the spices we use for daily cooking.  Just like you can’t do without the most essential ingredient Salt to balance the  flavors of our cuisine , our self conduct is so very necessary to balance oneself.

You must be wondering what  on earth am I doing  comparing these spices  to our daily life. But isn’t it so similar , that our day to day life is like a masala dabba.  We use different flavors to make different dishes tasty and delicious.  In the same way,  in life we need to have a very balanced approach so that ones life is very peaceful at the same time very exciting.

As each ones palate is different, we increase or decrease the usage of the spices accordingly. On the same note, at every stage of our life one acts  differently.

To sum up our life , we live a very Spicy life –  sometimes  angry like the red hot chillis,  beautiful and sweet like sugar, bitter like  fenugreek or sour like  vinegar – all taken with a  pinch of salt . As exciting  it may be with us savouring it like the garam masala ,  this concoction leads us to the  Spice of life we all live.