Nobody can give you a better gift to yourself than what you can give yourself. Yes, some people say they are lucky that they got a lottery, or that their loved ones have given them a surprise gift, or that they got it from some unexpected source.
The better gift is only that what you need, but can’t afford or have it as an idea nurtured for the future for various or no reasons.
Having a hot meal is something like a gift if you are poor, or you are sick, or you are not able to work.

In this cold winter, the cold winter is discouraging me from entering into the kitchen. Even then when I was a child, the maid did not come to work at our house on very cold days or on rainy days. Now, I have grown old and don’t have a maid but meals are needed to be prepared. My spouse prepared the hot breakfast. He and I ate it before he left for work.
Many people may say it is refined carb etc. but that’s what we eat in our everyday life. Fried rice with vegetables and eggs. It’s a feel good food, not do dangerous if we care to work out, and keep up our mobility. After the meal, I felt energetic and started doing the household chores wearing my gloves. There is a lot to do: cleaning the kitchen utensils, washing the clothes, dusting the rooms and mopping the floor, filling the water bottles and cooking lunch and dinner.
We just eat to live, and so long as there is food on the plate… It’s God’s providence. Btw, the fried rice looks good 😋
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