Have a mouth as sharp as a dagger but a heart as soft as tofu.
-- Chinese proverb

And speaking of tofu, try something new today. Tofu is good for your heart; it’s high in protein and absorbs the taste of anything you add to it. You may want to try tofu in a vegetable stir fry or add some brown sugar, a little chili powder and red pepper flakes to your favorite homemade barbecue sauce, cut up a block of tofu, let it marinate in your sauce for a couple of hours, then toss it on the grill for about 5 minutes. Serve it up with a little eggplant, asparagus, and corn-on-the-cobb.

And try your barbecued tofu with some carambola, okay, starfruit. Some varieties taste like grapes, others like green apples. But wait, you may not want to eat too many starfruit if you’re diabetic; they’re high in sugar and acid. Instead, and if you can get past the funny-looking seeds, perhaps you may want to try a pomegranate. Or, with your tofu and eggplant, you could try a little grenadine – sweetened pomegranate juice – in your cocktail tonight. Perhaps you’d enjoy a little Sex on the Beach. The drink of vodka, triple sec, orange juice, lemon lime soda, schnapps, Jack D., and grenadine, that is.

Or, perhaps a bit of sex on the beach wouldn’t be something too darned awful to try. But, if you can’t get to the beach tonight, try sex in a new position. Touch your honey in a new and more pleasing way. Do something with your honey you’ve been too shy or afraid to try.

If that’s too steamy for you, keep it simple – kiss goodnight, get up earlier, go to work, and try a new route home from work this afternoon. Drive through parts of town you aren’t that familiar with and take in the differences from one part of town to the next. Stop at the local Thai restaurant and pick up some Satay Tofu. When you get home, instead of immediately jumping into your evening household duties, take 30 minutes to debrief about the day and get it out of your system. Try relaxing tonight; feed your honey a little tofu. Maybe you’ll feel like sleeping in the pajamas you’ve been reserving for a special occasion. Perhaps those pajamas may create visions and motions of sex on the beach.

Tomorrow, try wearing your hair a different way. Try saying something nice to that fool that chafes your butt all day long. Try loving your enemies. Get some more love from your honey. It’s all good for your heart. Just like tofu.

Sadiqqa © 2007