Frosting roses take minutes to pipe and seconds to eat. Some beauty is supposed to be temporary.
STILLNESS
WHAT THIS MEANS
Not everything is built to last, and some things are better for it. Effort spent on something that will be gone in a minute is not wasted, because the point was the making and the moment somebody saw it. Lasting a long time is only one measure of worth, and a fairly narrow one.
Put real effort into something disposable this week, a meal, a card, a decorated anything. Then watch it get used up without minding.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Can you enjoy something that disappears as soon as it is finished?
MORE IN TIME, MORTALITY & LEGACY
- Every handshake, hug, and good morning is a tiny deposit into how people will remember you.
- The cake recipe your family fights over is just flour and sugar. What they’re fighting for is the person who made it.
- A legacy can be a recipe, a work ethic, a corny joke or the way you wave from the porch. The small stuff travels…
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.