I Am A Cooking Pot
I am a cooking pot…
who receives ingredients which I am inspired to add to my creation... my life.
Another name for this cooking pot is called the mind. Thus my thoughts, my beliefs, my perspective, my actions and my words all come from this collection of flavours, textures and colours, blended together and allowed to cook through out my life.
There were many times when I permitted, or was forced, to add ingredients to my pot which did not taste, feel or look good and, for the most part, did not belong in my soup. But there they were, tainting my beautiful creation. Through my life they made it too bitter, too salty and even too sweet.
I’ve spent a lifetime trying to cover up the flavours of ingredients that didn’t belong, manifesting into my thoughts and beliefs but sometime, as in cooking, it is best to start over. For me, time and solitude has been the remedy to clean out my pot, leaving only the deep seasonings embedded in the iron that is my true essence.
My desire is that this new creation that I am now cooking is evolving from the conscious choices that I make about what will go into my lovely and beautiful pot. My dream is that these flavours and colours and textures, that will continue to develop and improve as it simmers, will inspire me and others who have the opportunity to taste what I am cooking.
In the end, my creation will be gone and only the fragrance of what I was will linger in the cooking pots of others whom I have served.
What have you been cooking?
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