June Digest: "There's enough bread for today"
Hi friends, happy new month! June came and went so quickly didn’t it? In case you missed it, I posted about forgiveness this month in my post “Learning to Love” - it was about the gentle journey to open yourself up to re-experiencing something (or someone) you may have written off. Somehow we’re in July now, so here’s my roundup of things that I think are worth sharing from the month of June.
places to eat
I don’t have a favourite place to eat this month. June was filled with a surprising amount of home-cooked meals and truth be told they were my favourite. Having said that though, here’s a shortlist of the top 4 places I ate this month and some pictures to go with.
Salpiké’s, Brixton Market: I’m ashamed to say that this was my first time visiting Brixton Market, but I’ll be back to eat more of Salpiké’s secret sauce. It managed to set my mouth on fire but was irresistible at the same time.
EK Bakery, Broadway Market: Open for in-person visits from 9-3 on weekends, this bakery serves a different menu each weekend. Earlier in June I had a Vietnamese coffee blondie. I haven’t stopped thinking about it since…
Yeast Bakery, East London: This bakery sells, coffee, beautiful-looking pastries and stunning homeware.
Puntulina Restaurant, Rovinj Croatia: A Michelin-recommended restaurant overlooking the Adriatic Sea. This restaurant had some of the most satisfying plates and glassware I’ve seen. Beautifully eclectic and made it feel like I was eating in someone’s home. A few restaurants were like this, but this was my favourite one.
food for thought: you’re living in your answered prayers.
I’m prone to thinking ahead. I think it comes from a desire to be ready for everything. I hate being caught unaware, so I often find myself suspended in thoughts concerning what my life will be like 2 weeks, 2 months or even 2 years from now. I have to be intentional about thinking about the present, to ground myself where I am.
June was full of some beautiful personal success moments. It also featured things I didn’t love. That’s life though - and thankfully the lows weren’t anything out of the ordinary.
My new ordinary: spending time with people I love, doing the things that I love and carving out a future in the shape of the things that I used to dream and pray about.
When I stop to think about it, I’m filled with gratitude.
To be clear, I’m very far from having everything I’d want. It’d be easy for someone to look at my life right now and think “Why are you so excited babes?” but, June has taught me a lot about the true meaning of contentment.
In May, I spent time reflecting on the pace of life. In June, I noticed a quickening, things started coming together, and opportunities I had been waiting for came my way. I could have thought (and at points did think) “Woo, let’s go!”, but I continued to trust God for the timing of my life.
In June I had to believe that what was for me wouldn’t miss me. That meant passing up on things that looked like what I wanted because when they weren’t right for me, right now.
Living two steps ahead can cause me to forget that for now, the environment around me is exactly where I’m meant to be. It can be tempting to quicken the pace, to say yes where I should say no if it speeds up the process. In June I learned to look around me rather than looking ahead.
There is enough bread for today and for that I’m grateful.