The Gift of Cinnamon

Sprinkle a little cinnamon... make the world and your life a better place. 

Positive Pensées

Kathy King

The Gift of Cinnamon

“If you combine good flavors, food turns into an orchestra.”.

Joey Fatone

Sugar and Spice and everything nice.  

I am sure you have heard that phrase once or twice. 

What does cinnamon add to a dish?

A lot of flavor with a spicy hint.

Cinnamon is a smell of comfort on a cool day.

What is cinnamon in your life?

Where can you sprinkle a little cinnamon to make you a better person?

Is it a small change in attitude?

A choice to be kind?

A little change in perspective to ease your mind?

Put a little cinnamon in your life so that you can be sweetened, because life can make us sour and not fun to be around. 

It doesn’t take much cinnamon to change a meal.

So try to sprinkle a little cinnamon in your life dish. 

Did you know that cinnamon was once used as currency?  It was considered more valuable than gold! The Egyptians used cinnamon to embalm bodies.. (okay, that is a little gross).  Cinnamon has been used as medicine in medieval times.  Cinnamon also was used to cure meat.  The Greeks used cinnamon as tributes to their gods.  Cinnamon is used in the preparation of chocolate which as we all know is just one of the best gifts to humanity.  Cinnamon can be used in savory dishes as well, particularly chicken and lamb.  The most interesting thing about cinnamon, you can make pickles with this little spice.  So many uses for cinnamon, why do I talk about cinnamon?  Well, for a variety of reasons.  As we navigate through life we have tiny areas that can always be improved upon.  If you do sprinkle a little more compassion into your personality will that make you a better person?  Probably.  What small little bits of your soul and spirit could use a little sprinkle of cinnamon?  Recently I made a pot of homemade potpourri to cover the smell of burnt popcorn that my son graced us with.  That little sprinkle of cinnamon permeated the whole house and completely obliterated the smell of burning.  If that tiny bit of cinnamon could do that much, what could that do for us in a practical sense in our lives?  Angry about a certain life situation?  Try to sprinkle a little gratitude and see if that dissipates some of the anger.  We are never promised a struggle-free life.  Wouldn’t that be great if we could sail through with no real issues to deal with?  My late father-in-law once told me a story of his father who had to wake up quite early.  They lived in rural Georgia in a tiny house with few lights.  He said that each morning his father would wake up before dawn and sing, “Oh What a Beautiful Morning” at the top of his lungs.  My father-in-law said that he always wondered why he could do that because it was too dark to see if it was a beautiful morning.  It is a simple answer, he sprinkled cinnamon on to his morning.  He chose joy instead of annoyance that he was up at such an early hour.  Think about it, how can that one little practice change your entire day?  I would wager quite a bit.  Annoying times will come, some people will inevitably be hard to deal with, your kids may drive you nuts, your health may be a concern.  All of these situations are worth meaningful attention. Perhaps, as you face these circumstances you could just sprinkle a little cinnamon and see what happens.  

source: thespruceeats.com