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Kitchenware and Grub

My friend Danny once told me..."There's a lid for every pot", something I really wanted to believe at the time, but it really simply consistenetly seemed to me, that those afore-mentioned lids were ones that belong to other pots. Metaphorically I have a problem being a pot. I think I'd be infinitely more comfortable being say, a griddle, or a cast iron skillet... much more practical it seems for cooking up life's dishes. However.. If I really have to explore this hole pot lid conundrum, it would seem fitting to check out what you cook in a pot.. know why the lid fits, and its plethora of uses in the same stew, literally speaking,For starters.. a watched pot does not boil.. what the jiminy christmas is that all about? Okay.. so you can't make a soup happen yesterday... I'm sure no expert on what makes a fit, but I do know that a soup not allowed to breathe a bit will most quickly char the bottom and then the whole mess is toast. I 'm still not getting the analogy here. I've tried some pretty odd combinations: stuffed cucumbers and hot sauce, chickebn broth, eagle bran, snail, oxtail, you name it. After you fool around, it seems pretty easy to know what works. Keep liver and tofu fr away from me. Bring on the salsa, the pasta, the thai pepper, and maybe an occasional chicken friend steak.
Try as you might, you can not make someone like food they just don't have the pallet for, despite how much you know they are missing out on. We all have our reasons I suppose, none of them really mattering in the primordial soup of things. But, when you get right down to it, that is what makes the world tick. IT'd be a damn sight duller if we alla te and liked exactly the same things. One of the blessings, I was told.. of a liberal arts education--not that it has any bearing on this--is that one learns to learn, continually. If I can thank my schooling for one thing besides thinking, it's to have an open mind when trying new foodstuff. When I was in school one of the philosophy courses I had to take was concerning fee will and determinism. In simpler temrs, is life already planned out for us, without our having a choice, or, do we have a choice. I have a love/hate relationship with the concept. So, if there is a "lid" for every "pot".. accourcing to the latter we really have no choice who our running mate will be. All teh choices you make in your life, have led you up to this point, and it was all a genetic or divine plot to get you there without your understanding why.
I have another theory... I think we choose the lessons we most need to learn. I suspect that not everyone chooses to learn, and therefore, just like in grammar school, you get to do it all over again.
The lids that fit the pots that I know have something going on that's a common seceret, if there is such a thing. There's a stew that simmers there, and many spices, and much more time make it evermore interesting, tasty, and aromatic. You can tell when its a good broth, they work in unison to make sure some of the steam is constantly making a stealthy escape. The pot and lid not only are themselves sustained but that might stew ill nourish all that join breaking bread, and one day, when most all the broth is spent, they will retiree to the place old kitchenware goes at that time, with only the fold memor of that fine, primordial stew.
Life is complicated, it doesn't always work out like you planned it to, like the movies. Yet, this griddle of a man is still going to get up tomorrow with the idea that there's a find piece of kitchenware somehwere who's game to throw down for an omelette and hash browns. Coz you all know.. you can't make an omelette, without breaking a few eggs.

and in the end.. all we have... is how we treat each other everyday

There ain't no time like the present. This is all we get. The past is our rerun and this is our movie, so...it does not behoove you to accept a supporting role.. you are the one in the spotlight so step up to the plate and swwwwwing batter! If you didn't make mistakes your life would be oooooooooone borrrring story. Hey.. love is grand... but keep in mind.. Darwin's theory too. In life.. only a few birds and mammals are lifelong partners. It is a rarity indeed to find something precious and manageable with a mate. Life is nasty, brutish, and short. Watch wild kingdom some time. You can probably still get a copy on ebay. It's all the more reason to be kind and reasonable to your peeps. Cutting people down does nobody any good and it ALWAYS.. and I mean.. ALWAYS comes back to bite you. So I guess I'm kind of on the fence.. like you want to believe that you can be with someone forever.. yet there is always that background biology sense that is inherent in mammals, us included.. really.. I think we all just want to feel safe. Really though.. shit can happen at anytime.. life is random that way. Soooo you gotta cherish what you have right now cause you sure won't ever have those moments ever again. Being able to do this.. and not be paralyzed by fears and shit society rains down on us.. and to keep on an even keel with the way you treat people and yourself... that my friends is called INTEGRITY. You can't buy it. You can't steal it. You can't borrow it. It hasta be learned.. lived... and put forth.

a reason, season, or a lifetime

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that personWhen someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet aneed you have expressed. They have come to assist you through adifficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically,emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a God send and theyare. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then,without any wrong doing on your part or at an inconvenient time,this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to anend. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes theyact up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is thatour need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work isdone. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on. Some people come into your life for a SEASON,because your turn has come to share, grow or learn. They bring youan experience of peace or make you laugh. They may teach yousomething you have never done. They usually give you anunbelievable amount of joy. Believe it, it is real. But only for aseason. LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons, thingsyou must build upon in order to have a solid emotionalfoundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person andput what you have learned to use in all other relationships andareas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendshipis clairvoyant. Thank you for being a part of my life, whether youwere a reason, a season or a lifetime.

Fear, You, and Change

“ Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, “Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?”, Actually, who are you not to be? Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. It is not just in some of us, it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give permission to other people to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”