A special someone once told me “The novelist is inviting the reader to watch a performance in his own brain” and this time I decided to do so, to let you….. Whoever you are …….. Wherever you are standing ………..and whatever you are working on; to explore my wish that lasts only for ten minutes each day, this wish is to have “a blank minded cup of coffee”.
It’s interesting how the human’s brain works; it’s the most complex of organs, boasting between 50-100 billion nerve cells or neurons that constantly interact with each other. These neurons ‘carry’ messages through electrochemical processes; meaning, ideas in our mind move in and out of these cells and establish a formation of a thought constantly. what is unique and quite interesting that the message which the brain carries is not like any message, it is “the message” that can make your day or the one which can turn your day into a living hell, I always describe it as MAPS OF IDEAS; as one idea opens a gate of ideas and you can continue the saga.
The great dilemma is that I always crave for coffee in the morning, afternoon or evening it makes me really happy as well as enjoying different flavors of coffee, breathless smell, non- describable taste.
Ironically, the combination of the caffeine and my brain are one hell of a mix! The messages are more hyper and at the same time coffee is soothing, relaxing to some extent! The best part that I know all of that but I still drink from the coffee! It makes you numb for a while, but during no one can force the rush of ideas to stop!
Good enough! You know that this feeling won’t last forever and so do the rush of ideas! As every time I decide to hold my cup of coffee no matter where I am either the most relaxing place or the most crowded one! I will always have the same crowded ten minutes of thoughts.
My ideas are not about one subject, but they are always concerned about global, regional issues rarely personal, never selfish similar to the conflicts in real life but smaller scale in my mind during these ten minutes! So what I usually do! I throw my cup of coffee and I end this frustration with the same statement “I have never ever finished a cup of coffee”.
And I want for once to finish my coffee without feeling guilty every sip I take , without thinking that I want to jump out of my cloths because I do not know what to do…….. Without feeling sad that I am far from solving any of these issues!
And some days I end it up without even buying a cup of coffee because it makes me feel useless, inconsiderate, and selfish.
So the pleasure of having a drug of soothing caffeine is gone, drift far away because as I feel well I feel worse!
I wish I would finish my ten minutes drinking my coffee blank minded enjoying the experience.