Is variety is the spice of life?

by Anushka Nanayakkara

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Adding spices you would make your dish delicious. Each spice has a different taste, it can be used in numerous curries and desserts. According to the joy of cooking, spices are the cornerstone of any kitchen.

Understanding how seasoning creates a complexity and individuality in any dish-even those that are the most simple- can help to turn a simple meal into a culinary experience. Likewise this is just one tremendous example shown to make people aware that varieties could spice up your life or easily make ordinary lives extraordinary.

If you go back to the life of early man and woman, their main concern was survival. Their first needs were food, clothing, shelter in their basic forms. As a consequence, he has now a lot to worry about. People generally get into a rut. They do what everyone else does because it is easy and requires no imaginations. They also feel a sense of security in maintaining the status quo.

But, remember the world takes note of only people who are different, because they break new paths and act differently. As a result, they achieve success which they would not have even dreamt of. The world’s great discoveries, inventions, works of art are all the result of some people’s thinking, and acting differently from the general run of human activity.

To think differently or act differently one needs to refresh one’s mind. When a person is tied up with his day to day activities naturally his mind and body are longing for a break or something new to spice up his life. Varieties could and have the ability to give a kick to an ordinary routine of the people. What are these varieties? This may also change from one person to another.

However, let’s take one by one on account. Travel; Let’s say if one wants to enjoy a peaceful, sunshine beach holiday, while another person would want excitement, adventures or sporty vacation to experience the lighter side of life. There are plenty of wonderful places in the world to relax and a land like Sri Lanka would always offer cultural and geographic varieties.

There is a wide range in the varieties for travellers and for adventurers to experience unique aspects of our world.

As I mentioned earlier the holiday destination might differ from one person to another! For an example, if the Kandy city offers religious and cultural atmosphere, the city of Colombo would be stored with something totally different, like shopping complexes and night life. Varieties are being offered because naturally the human mind needs to be deal with the moods and moments.

Food; Let’s say if we are at home we would prefer to have home made local food, but then if we go out we would like to taste some junk or foreign dishes. That’s because at times people do badly need some kind of change to refresh themselves.

Doing so or accepting these varieties in life is not a weakness as long as you know what you are comfortable with. A person might wear one day a saree to office and the next day it could be a trouser suit.

The appearance also would matter not only to yourself but to the person who is watching you. That’s the reason why fashion world presents so many styles to suit each and everyone to look different, which can help to add a smile on to one’s face.

There is a contrary side as well when dealing with the varieties. One should be able to understand what satisfies them the most instead of just following it as a trend. For example, music; specially the young generation would just follow or listen what comes their way just because their friends are interested in it.

I think the majority of the people would agree that music can be even taken as a therapy. Different musicians will compose or show their creativity according to their talents and skills. But wouldn’t they also put effort to create something unique?

That’s because by using various sources they would want to bring a classic product out to compete with the world of varieties.

This should be handled very carefully because variety of the key to success but can turn into failures as well. So through the eyes of intelligence one should be able to make the finest choice, in the world of variety without getting unmanageable.