What I See with Peter Fiorenza: Weekly breakfast catch up with mates proves simple things in life are best

“Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you will look back and realise they were the big things.” I just love this quote. I have it sitting on top of a piano in my living room. I see it and read it every day. Now, I’m a sucker for pearls of wisdom, but this one seems to continually resonate with me. In many ways, I count myself lucky that I have come to such an understanding with, hopefully, a bit more of life to live. To be quite honest, it doesn’t really take much to make me happy. Simple things, like finding leftovers from last night’s dinner, discovering one Magnum ice cream left in the box in the freezer, or discovering there’s a new episode of Father Brown tonight on the tele, can get me quite excited. But there is one little thing that I have started to do regularly that rejuvenates the mind, and it involves some wonderful mates. Once a week, we all meet for an early breakfast at a local eatery. Now, you could say the group is quite similar in the way we think, but we all come from quite different backgrounds. Firstly, there is the former milko, who likes the odd red wine, an old realtor who used to promote his business from in front of the lighthouse, an ex-copper and a retired politician — and me. I reckon some of you might be able to guess who a couple of my brekky buddies might be, but others could be a mystery. I can tell you, though, all are fantastic company, and I continually look forward to touching base. We talk about whatever is making the news, be it around town, around the State, Australia and the world. We pass on recipes, talk the stock market, quash rumours or review the latest movie we have seen. In fact, the milko has even started giving us all homework, when he comes across something he reads that sparks his interest. Actually, last week he thought he’d stumbled on something quite special. He showed us all an advertisement for a bottle of wine that had been slashed down to a ridiculously low price. Most of the group marvelled at the find, but not our former member of the constabulary. It took only minutes for his well-oiled forensic eye, based on the evidence collected, to conclude that this was, indeed, a printing error. A pleasant way to start your day — making the ordinary somewhat extraordinary. Peter Fiorenza hosts Fiorenza on Sunday between 10am and noon on Radio MAMA