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Grateful

By Pet Labs
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Lately I was back to my not-so-motivated mood until I woke up and realised that it was never in my new year resolutions list to feel this way. Sat up on bed, got my diary re wrote my priorities for the day and pushed myself out of the room
YouTube has been my trending app ever since the covid lock down hit. Opened up a "Zumba for beginners" video and began moving. I felt like my brain, my hands were not coordinating with my feet at times but it was a great kick! My dog waiting next to me was doing a short stares at me like "whach the heck are ya up to, now?" Didn't care, was gigling and enjoying throughout the Zumba

Green cunji (කොළ කැඳ, in Sinhala) is what my mother treated our entire family with, next. Every sip was soothing to the eyes, nose, tongue and to my entire system. I had it with a small piece of Palm jaggery (කිතුල් හකුරු)

Image 1: green cunji by my mother for all four of us 

Green cunji recipe:
Ingredients 
- Shatavari plant (Asparagus racemosus) leaves; a handful or as needed
- water 4 cups
- coconut milk powder
- salt to taste
- cooked rice as needed

Blend the leaves with water. Filter the extract.  Blend the extract with some cooked rice. Add coconut milk powder in to the mixture. Add salt to taste and bring to boil. As soon as it starts boiling remove from heat. Serve hot with natural jaggery or plain
Here's my cuppa cunji 👇

 Image 2: my cup of green cunji

I had a quick breakfast; a boiled egg, a piece of cheese and unsweetened biscuits 

Then, off to work
Worked on saving a critical patient. I will share with you her story in the next post

Image 3: the critical patient "Luna"

I'm glad about how the day went from morning. I'm nothing but grateful that I was able to get up, do Zumba, for the healthy smoothie, the breakfast and that I was able to save a critical patient who was bleeding to death

"And I think to myself 
What a wonderful world"

What are you grateful for today? Or what made you genuinely happy?
Share with me in the comments below 

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