We stopped for a late afternoon glass of wine. We ordered marinated olives with the wine - a justification that we wouldn’t be drinking on an empty stomach.
The olives had their pits.
As we ate, we commented that the olives - with pits - tasted better than others. I realized that with the pits you are forced to think about biting into the olive, manipulating it your mouth and avoid swallowing the pit. You actually think about eating the olive.
Mindfulness and the olive.