365 Project - Day 330

"There is peace in the comfort of something like a bowl of freshly cooked homemade tomato soup but to grow, we must disrupt that comfort, agitating our hearts, minds and souls knowing that once stretched, we can always bring our new self back home to be refreshed."

Joy, nurturing, peace, comfort and renewal are intertwined in the freshness of homemade soup. While I am not a big fan of traditional tomato soup, on this day, I chose to make an entirely fresh pot of tomato and basil soup, for the first time. The process was a labor of love. Chopping 18 tomatoes took quite some time, yet in the end, it was all worth it.

Is it not true that the happiness we receive in living life as we always have is momentary, like a fleeting laugh with friends or simple contentment with autumn breezes? I believe that expanding our lives with extraordinarily challenging activities, new adventures, diversity in friends and acquaintances and occasional failures, however, creates the opportunity for exceptional joy. We stretch, we grow and we find new truths. It is exciting and exhausting and drives us to want to come home again, ready for renewal.

Blessings.

Today's Photo: Prepping for Comfort: Fresh Homemade Tomato Soup

"I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint." Jeremiah 31:25