A Love Letter to Cacao

When I close my eyes and take a sip of a spicy and frothy cacao potion, my whole being responds with a yes as you tickle my cells and leave me susceptible to the unexpected. On some days, you nourish my body with your tasty alchemy, helping me discover health and self appreciation amidst playfulness and laughter. On some days, you fill me with energy, helping me go into the day with the courage, creativity, and heart to offer my gifts. On some days, you bring my attention to my sacred grief, helping me release tears and direct love to where it is needed, making space for new life. And always, you beckon me to commune with you deeper, delighting in the magic of a reality far more beautiful than I knew before. For all this, I honor you. As you keep filling me with a love for life, you are helping me to revel and wonder in the interconnectedness of it all, and find my duty as a guardian for the sacred expression of all life, everywhere. I see the same awareness rippling through my community too as they work with your medicine, for you keep answering our prayers and healing our hurts with ever more love for life. That gives me the most hope I’ve felt in years, because when together we begin honoring and embodying the life force within ourselves, we will also experience the reflection of life thriving all around us. So I am grateful that in this time of great change, you leave me with shiny eyes, streaks of brown on my lips, and a voice singing in praise of cacao, already looking forward to that next cup. Love, JONAS