Greetings, my friend. Do you cook? I cook!
Not like a gourmet chef, for sure, but I do okay with my limited repertoire.
A few days ago, this chunk of beef in my fridge was just dying to become a hamburger for my dinner. So I brought it out, then decided what seasonings I needed to make it tasty… because I’ve HAD straight hamburger with no seasonings and it’s pretty awful. Meat wise, a world of ills can be covered up with soy sauce, garlic powder and Montreal Steak seasoning so I added them. Then I threw in some season-all and added chipotle — just for a little kick.
While I was cooking, it occured to me that sometimes life can seem a bit tasteless — like that unseasoned burger. Sometimes, you roll out of bed to look forward to the same old job, those same old grumpy co-workers or friends or committee workers, perhaps. And when your day starts off like that, sometimes it just feeds over to the drive in to work — or wherever — and if you don’t do something about it, it infiltrates your lunch time, then the whole day! I couldn’t take that “would-have-been-boring” hamburger just as it was, without any seasoning. I needed to add my own spice to it to make it more palatable.
Sometimes, we need to do that with life. When you get up in the morning, and you feel like life is coming “out of the package” kind of boring and tasteless, then you need to add your own spice to it!
I recommend you first look into your mental cupboard and grab yourself a heaping teaspoon of purpose! Life is better with a purpose. Look deep and figure out — or remember — why you’re here; why you’re doing what you’re doing in the first place. If you don’t have one, make one up and just go with it for a while. See if it suits you, and if it doesn’t, pick another one. One that gets YOU exicted.
When you get that figured out, then check your pantry and sprinkle on a 1/2 teaspoon of pride. Not too much pride though; just enough to ensure a job well done, because too much pride can make that dish bitter for everyone else. Then throw in a 1/4 cup of vision so you can look past the immediate circumstance to a bigger picture, and stir in a 1/4 cup of excellence. Whatever it is you’re doing, you may have been doing it so long that you got bored with it. In that case, you might want to grab a 1/2 cup of challenge so you can tap into some of your unused potential. Nobody gets excited winning at something that’s too easy.
Now, mix all that together and put it on the front burner on medium heat, and while you’re waiting for it to cook, pour yourself a nice tall glass of cool teamwork. Yeah. Bring someone else in on your recipe and maybe they’ll bring over a couple of ingredients you hadn’t thought of — like a glass of synergy — shaken, but not stirred. Maybe add a pinch more excitement and challenge to the mix.
Then to make it really special, when you’re done… grab a couple of slices of self-appreciation and accomplishment for dessert — it’s quite tasty after a job well done. And remember to smile throughout the process. There’s nothing scarier than a chef who’s cooking and not smiling. It will inspire confidence in your audience and in yourself.
You have an incredible day! Let me know if that recipe needs a little tweaking; or better yet how you tweak it. Bon appetite!
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