Manipulate and Marinate

I love to cook. Without sounding conceited, I happen to be a really good cook. What I like most about cooking is a persons response. I get a real thrill out of making people happy via the tummy and taste buds. But, I wasn't always a good cook.

My children still remind me that once upon a time if their dinner did not come out of a box (hamburger helper) or from the drive thru they were astonished. I also had a cook at one time. That's right, a cook. She would come once a week, prepare a weeks worth of meals, put them in the freezer with reheating instructions.

So why did I start cooking? A friend of mine, who happens to be a very good cook as well, explained to me that cooking was all about control. That was all it took! My personality loves control. I can make food do whatever I want it to.

I know this is probably a little far fetched, but I am gonna start approaching other areas of my life the way I do with cooking. I am gonna take control.

Yep, just like cooking this will take time and patience and a clear goal of what my desired result is.

I'm gonna manipulate and marinate until I have perfected the recipe for life. I have a good start, I already know what not to do.