Zlata Filipovic, an 11 year-old Sarajevian wrote in her diary in 1991, during the war in the former Yugoslavia that "we picked cherries off the tree in the yard and ate them all up. We had wathced it blossom and its small green fruits turn to red, and now we were here eating them. Oh, you're a wonderful cherry tree!"
Zlata's words read like any young girl's whimsical musings. But this innocent summer activity held a much deeper meaning: Zlata wrote the diary entry in the midst of war in her hometown of Sarajevo. "I miss fruit alot," In these days of war in Sarajevo, there is no basic food or any of the other things a person needs, and there isno fruit. But now i can say that I ate myself silly on cherries."
That simple pleasure brought tremendous joy to a girl who witnessed brutality daily. Simple pleasures can do that if we take the time to appreciate what the moment offers.
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