Bought some Ma Lai Kau "Malay Cake" for my wife. She likes it while I don't really.
She commented that they don't taste as well as when she was a child. I suggested maybe it was because we are nostalgic about our childhood, so it seem to taste better. My other theory was that while we were young, we have not been exposed to much, be it various type of food or toys, so those simple pleasure seem to be so nice. An infant won't mind a plain cereal but will demand soya sauce for their soup when they are exposed to more tasty food. As we grow older, we are exposed to lots more and then, simple pleasures are diluted. We become more 'sophiscated' in our taste. Simple pleasure are taken for granted.

And maybe that is why we need to be reminded by our Lord, that we need to approach him like children. To appreciate His grace, as it is. "Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matt 18:3). We get to see the complexity of human relationship and stop appreciating His simple love, which is unconditional and without pretense, in full measure. We stop to appreciate things, pleasure in full measure because of the various 'pleasures'.

Dear Lord, help me to be like a child when it come to appreciating Y

our love and grace, and the pleasures You gives each day. Amen.