from Bec with Love

Easy Vegan Fried Rice

Late Spring, Mary Oliver

Mealtime is an extremely important cultural and social ritual. There are psychological benefits for cooking for other people, and serving a meal stabilizes the emotions between the provider and the receiver. Cooking with your partner, like accomplishing any task together, strengthens relationships. Eating together strengthens communal bonds and helps with mental health. Sharing the same food with someone else builds trust, cooperation, and a sense of connectivity. It’s a shame how in our fast paced society we don’t value the importance of regularly breaking bread with one another

Anna Maria

F. Scott Fitzgerad, The Sensible Thing (via quotexcerpts)

— Nizar Qabbani, from “When I Love” (via oiseauperdu)