Morning Coffee

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."

Ralph Waldo Emerson


I will never get tired of that first cup of coffee in the morning.


To start the day in a quiet moment with something you enjoy is truly one of the simple pleasures of the ordinary life.


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