Overnight oats are an easy breakfast option that requires no prep time in the morning. Plus, they’re made with basic ingredients that won’t break the bank. Oats are also a good source of beta glucan fiber, which may help lower your cholesterol levels and reduce your risk of heart disease (1Trusted Source). There are tons of overnight oat recipes on the internet, but I especially like these basic banana overnight oats.
Avocado toast can be a nutritious breakfast, as avocados are a good source of healthy fats and very filling. Start with a toasted slice of 100% whole grain, rye, or sourdough bread. In a small bowl, smash together half of an avocado with some lime or lemon juice. Spread this on top of the toast. For a protein boost, add one or two eggs, or smash white beans into the avocado for a vegan option. Top with crumbled cheese, chopped nuts, seeds, baby greens, or cherry tomatoes.
Yogurt provides calcium, an important mineral for strong bones, making it a great addition to your breakfast (2Trusted Source). Yogurt parfaits are enjoyable for both kids and adults, and you don’t even need a specific recipe to make them. If you have some time in the morning, set out Greek yogurt, fresh fruit, granola, nuts, and seeds for your family to make their own parfaits. To keep the added sugar content low, use plain yogurt and granola that doesn’t contain a lot of sweeteners.You can also prep the parfaits in advance. Put them together in individual jars and keep them in the fridge.
Saint-Exupéry in writes in The Little Prince, “I should not listen to him,” he told me one day. . . . It is necessary to look at them (flowers) and smell them. Mine perfumed my planet, but I did not know how to rejoice. He told me yet: “then, I have not known how to understand anything! I should judge it on its actions, not on its words. It embalmed me and lit me. I should never have run away! I should have guessed it’s tenderness behind its poor tricks. The flowers are so contradictory! But I was too young to know how to love it.””
NOTE: Learning to love takes a long time. It doesn’t happen in the blink of an eye. It takes a heart willing to listen and learn. It takes a heart willing to set aside judgments and seeing beyond the words and into another heart. Love can be frightening, if we have the courage to let love in our life it will change us forever.
Joe: “I’ve discovered my life’s purpose.”
Pete: “What is it?”
Joe: “I’m a cautionary tale for everyone else.”
O Me! O life! of the questions of these recurring,
Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill’d with the foolish,
Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?)
Of eyes that vainly crave the light, of the objects mean, of the struggle ever renew’d,
Of the poor results of all, of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me,
Of the empty and useless years of the rest, with the rest me intertwined,
The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life?
Answer.
That you are here—that life exists and identity,
That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.
Sir Winston Churchill
Life may be less complicated alone. Life, however, is better together. When our lives are shared there is someone we can count on. There is someone to celebrate the joyful moments. There is someone to console us in the sorrowful moments. Life together may be complicated at times, but the benefits from a loving relationship far outweigh the cost.
