Sometimes it’s the simplest things in life that can boost for your soul or simply make you happy. Simple things like cooking or baking. Ever since I was 5 or 6 years old I’ve been baking and cooking up dishes in the kitchen with my picture cookbook (which I got from one of my best friends and still use till today. Thank you!). Some dishes turned out well, some turned out funny, some turned out to be something else, but overall it turned out to be a generally good experience that can teach one a bit about life.
It is the experience of cooking or baking that counts despite the sometimes failed attempts. Thirty years on my parents seem to recall perfectly my initial attempts at making brownies that turned out to be little black squares of rock-like substance that seems to have been part of a volcanic eruption or how my “Eggy” bread” gave everyone a good laugh. My husband reminds me of how my cookies turned out to be scones or how cakes turn out to be bread.
What ever happens in the kitchen though can be a little reminder of life in general. There is no one recipe that fits everyone. Whilst the recipe might work for some, for others it might require tweaking, changes in measurements, or need techniques to get the desired outcome. The outcome depends upon the ingredients, the sequence in which they were combined or how fast they were mixed. Even things such as humidity (which are hard to control) play a big role. The trick though, is to keep finding out why it worked (or didn’t work) and to keep working on it.
That too is life. There’s no perfect recipe. You may spend your life trying to do everything “right” but in the end, we are all human. There are good days, bad days and days you wish you could just stay in bed all day. Life is all about the experience; finding the recipe, getting the ingredients, imagining the desired outcome and finally seeing the ingredients come to life step by step. I love the thrill of seeing the outcome.
Sometimes it turns out well, sometimes it doesn’t. Don’t worry when things don’t go the way you want it. Don’t worry when you find yourself out of some ingredients. Improvise and find an alternative. Figure out why it didn’t work and try again. If you don’t try, you’ll never get it right.
Happy Baking (or Cooking)!
Having "Me" Time 