plain and simple is best...or is it really?

Personally, I love magharita pizzas..good cheese and tomato is the best combination ever. My love affair with pizzas started with a Magharita. I remember being in Ghana, when they didn’t have much foods (not even McDonalds’), and when a pizza place opened up, it was like heaven for us. Even though it was just cheese and tomato, I felt like that was all I ever wanted. But when was the last time I had a magharita pizza? Not because I’m weight conscious or healthy..no.

Each time I walk into a pizza place, I’m bombarded with a million choices. Mega BBQ Chicken, Fantastic Meat Lovers, Super Supreme, Sensational Seafood…not to mention Bulgogi Pizza now that I’m here..woah..with such fancy names, who would even look at the boring old magharita?

Apart from getting distracted by fancy names, I also get side-tracked by the prices. Hey, I’d like to get my money’s worth! I always look at which one is the best valued…I mean, if I can get seafood for only 3 dollars extra…why not?

Somehow, it dawned on me that I do the same in almost every aspect of my life. I started off with a choice..I knew what I had wanted. Yet along the way, I got distracted and ended up going for something else. When I am faced with so many choices, so many options..I am clouded by things that are “new and improved”, or things that are popular or in demand.

And all the while, I’ve forgotten that what I had wanted was a simple cheese and tomato pizza.

It’s the same case when it comes to men. I never wanted much. Just somebody who liked me and I liked him. Simple, right? Yet somehow, along they way, I lost track of that. I see what other people have, and I want that. I watch a movie and I want more romantic things. I hear about problems and I get scared. I begin wanting more time. I get annoyed if he doesn’t call. I get upset if he hangs out with his friends. I became needy. What happened to the free-spirited girl I used to be?

Somehow, I forgot how a simple cheese and tomato pizza was so satisifying and so delicious and that was all I had wanted. I forgot.