poeticgem

My sometimes coherent thoughts
2003-09-15 18:00:48 (UTC)

food for thought

Talk To The Cook
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My wife recently became discontent with our evening dinners.

I would notice her plate as I finished eating my plate and
her plate would be barely touched. I would ask her why she
ate so little and she would respond, "It's just not good to
me."

I didn't get upset and tell her how many children were
starving around the world, I just calmly asked her to send
her complaints to the cook. There was only one problem
with this answer.

She was the cook.

She would always have to laugh when she realized that she
was the cook. I recently suggested that she take cooking
lessons since she didn't like her own cooking and my
cooking was even worse. I found a master chef who agreed
to come into our home and teach her. After a few classes,
I noticed her plate and it looked as though it had already
gone through the dishwasher.

This was a lesson that we all need in some area of our life.

Most areas of our lives could be better if we just did
something about it.

If you are not pleased with your knowledge, talk to the
student; you are the student.

If you are not pleased with your marriage, talk to the
spouse, no not the other spouse, the spouse reading this.

If you are not pleased with your spiritual life, talk to the
seeker.

If you are not pleased with your weight, talk to the eater.

Sometimes we would rather talk to everyone except the only
one who can really do something about a problem.

Most times in our lives we are that someone.

We can be our own best coach, our own best motivator, our
own best challenger, if we would just tell ourselves the
right things. Sometimes others don't believe in us because
we don't believe in ourselves.

Next time something doesn't taste right in your life,
try talking to the cook.




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