Strawberry Rose Matcha & the Wisdom of Wandering

I'm sitting on the Film Café patio in Kensington Market in Toronto. It's a glorious Sunday morning.

I’ve just ordered a strawberry rose matcha latte and — I swear — it might be the prettiest thing I’ve ever been served.

Earlier, I wandered the eclectic streets that are just beginning to wake up, capturing photos of every vibrant mural I passed. In eight short blocks, I feel like I’ve had a full vacation. I’m renewed and re-energized for whatever this next cycle holds.

The staff is laughing in the open kitchen across from me. A wanderer dances and sings his way across the street. The breeze carries that soft, mindful Sunday energy — and in the hour I’ve sat here, I haven’t seen a single person in a rush.

We’re one short block from Spadina Avenue, and it feels a lifetime away.

I needed this.

I felt it in every cell of my body yesterday — and I can feel those same cells regenerating as I sit and sip and write.

One of the most important skills we need when we live multi-career, multi-path lives is this:
To notice what we need, and listen when the whispers begin.

To have our reset rituals and go-to places ready in our back pocket — and to visit them before the nudges become shouts, or the shouts become symptoms.

Maybe I’ve written about this before. Maybe I haven’t. Doesn’t matter.
It’s worth repeating.

Because I forget, too.
And today, Kensington Market — and this absolute artwork of a matcha latte — reminded me.

One precious sip at a time.

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What are your go-to spots or rituals when you need to reset and recharge?
Write them down. Keep them close. You never know when your soul will ask you to remember.

To the whispers and wonders,
Tamara