Is it really the cigar or is it the time

I was thinking this over while having a great little cigar this morning and I was trying to decide.

Is it that the cigar was great or was it that the little slice of time I had that I was able to have to myself and all the world clicked to make the cigar great.

Don't get me wrong I am sure had it sucked or had draw problems that it would not have been the same experience but once in a while I get a little philosophical about things and while loving my smoke it got me to thinking.

In this day and age everything is about better, more, faster etc. How can we do more in a day, how can we squeeze more efficiency out of these people/machines etc. How can I get to work faster, how can I make my computer faster. How come the pizza guy can't get here faster.

So when I sit down for my cigar, it is never about faster or more or any of those things. It is about taking that slice of time for me and only me. Sometimes we share our space with our friends when smoking a cigar but it is still that time for yourself. Sitting back and listening to the world without any concerns for that hour or so and enjoying something that you are passionate about. I suspect that is the case with a lot of different passions or hobbys, that time away from the rest of the crap that the world has going on and decompressing.

I found it interesting to think about it;

Would the cigar have been as good had my frame of mind when smoking it not been what it was?

Would the time and my frame of mind been as good if the cigar had not been "on"?

Sometimes the universe lines up just right to give you what you need. Apparently today was my day and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it.

Now off I go to rush the son to swimming, to rush the other to gymnastics, to rush back and get dinner going...........but today I will do it with a smile.