{"id":5,"date":"2010-11-09T18:46:48","date_gmt":"2010-11-09T18:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/dailyjoys\/2010\/11\/is-it-really-just-a-cup-of-coffee.html"},"modified":"2010-11-09T18:46:48","modified_gmt":"2010-11-09T18:46:48","slug":"is-it-really-just-a-cup-of-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailyjoys\/2010\/11\/is-it-really-just-a-cup-of-coffee.html","title":{"rendered":"IS IT REALLY JUST A CUP OF COFFEE?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"morning cup.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/77\/import\/morning%20cup.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt\" height=\"399\" width=\"507\" \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<div>EACH MORNING I enjoy a cup of freshly made coffee.&nbsp; Sometimes my husband brews it for me, sometimes I make it for myself.&nbsp; This morning I looked at that cup and recognized it was so much more than &#8220;just&#8221; a cup of coffee.&nbsp; The cup itself is a gift from my husband.&nbsp; I remember how he wrapped it.&nbsp; It is a testament to how he listens to me and what he remembers.&nbsp; I commented at a local gallery how fascinated I was by the pattern on this piece.&nbsp; He explained the salt kiln process to me.&nbsp; I was intrigued.&nbsp; A few months later, this was my gift.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>My morning cup is a dependable ritual.&nbsp; It is a daily joy.&nbsp; Something I look forward to and depend on.&nbsp; Beyond the liquid substance, the time that I take to sit and sip, think about my day, anticipate my activities, is essential to how my day unfolds.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve answered the question many ways but specifically I can say -it is so much more than just a cup of coffee.&nbsp; It is love poured in.&nbsp; It is promise sipped.&nbsp; And it is ritual adding richness to the start of what is almost an utterly unexpected day.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EACH MORNING I enjoy a cup of freshly made coffee.&nbsp; Sometimes my husband brews it for me, sometimes I make it for myself.&nbsp; This morning I looked at that cup and recognized it was so much more than &#8220;just&#8221; a cup of coffee.&nbsp; The cup itself is a gift from my husband.&nbsp; I remember how&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-joys"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>IS IT REALLY JUST A CUP OF COFFEE? 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