Breakfast is the speaker's favorite meal, as it allows for creativity with options like berries, cream, pastries, juices, meats, and oatmeal. Whether eating alone or with others, breakfast can set the mood for the day. On Sundays, the speaker enjoys a two-hour breakfast where they calmly prepare an extra nice meal while listening to music, reading, eating, and dreaming as a way to relax and get in touch themselves. They recommend others make time for a leisurely breakfast as well.

1. Break Your Fast
• “Breakfast! My favorite meal- and you can be so creative. I think of bowls
of sparkling berries and fresh cream, baskets of Popovers and freshly
squeezed orange juice, thick country bacon, hot maple syrup, pancakes
and French toast - even the nutty flavor of Irish oatmeal with brown sugar
and cream. Breaksfast is the place I splurge with calories, then I spend the
rest of the day getting them off!
• Whether you are having a group of friends and family, a quiet little brunch
for two, or an even quieter little brunch just for yourself, breakfast can set
the mood and pace of the whole day.
• And Sunday is my day. Sometimes I think we get caught up in the hectic
happenings of the weeks and months and we forget to take time out to
relax. At 8:30, I'm off to the kitchen, where I very calmly (so as not to wake
myself up too much!) prepare my breakfast, something extra nice. There I
spend the next two hours reading, eating and dreaming… The inspiring
music of Bach or Vivaldi adds an exquisite elegance to the otherwise
unruly scene, and I am in heaven. I find time to get in touch with myself
and my life and I think this just might be a necessity! Please try it for
yourself… ”
Susan Branch, Author