When I am doing something for others I need to forget about me. Stop thinking about me. Why? Say I am cooking for people. If I focus on me, I can get resentful, that I am doing this, and why is someone not helping, or why does not someone else cook too. Or maybe self-evaluate as in: this meal prep is not going as planned, and so I am a failure. No one will like me. I will be criticized. I hate this place! And so on. So I try to have gratitude about being able to cook at all, having food, a kitchen, utensils, pots and pans, and being of service to others. I experiment to see how something might turn out. I am open to discovery. I have the energy to cook. All positive. I have a better day when it is not all about me.
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me too
ReplyDeleteYes I have been there
ReplyDeleteI am 79yrs old and have been a weekend cook all my adult life. My wife gave up cooking 15 yrs ago. I really enjoy cooking and all that it entails. Prep work is sometimes part of my meditation. Best of all is that I am able to prepare meals for families that are going through hard times.
ReplyDeleteI feel we have all been there. We are all Marthas.
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