When Wonder Falls Into the Ordinary: How One Small Miracle Can Transform Everything
What if the difference between the dull and the delicious isn’t the recipe, but the unexpected blessing that falls into it?
Sky Seasoning
Shel Silverstein
A piece of sky
Broke off and fell
Through the crack in the ceiling
Right into my soup,
KERPLOP!
I really must state
That I usually hate
Lentil soup, but I ate
Every drop!
Delicious delicious
(A bit like plaster),
But so delicious, goodness sake–
I could have eaten a lentil-soup lake.
It’s amazing the difference
A bit of sky can make.
Shel Silverstein reminds us—in his whimsical way—that life’s most extraordinary moments often slip in through the cracks of the ordinary. A bowl of lentil soup becomes unforgettable not because the soup changed, but because something unexpected entered the scene. In our own lives, we tend to wait for grand events, whole new beginnings, or perfect circumstances to feel wonder again. But sometimes, all it takes is a small break in the ceiling of routine—a kind word, a sunrise, a sudden laugh, a moment of grace—to make us “eat every drop” of what we once ignored.
This poem invites us to stop asking life to be different, and instead start noticing what already makes it magical. Sometimes the sky doesn’t fall to ruin us—but to flavor what we thought was bland.
What was a “bit of sky” moment in your life—something small and unexpected that changed your mood, your day, or even your outlook?