A Few More Failures.
For those who've been following my Facebook posts the past weeks, I've picked up a new hobby and zeal.
Cooking!
Why didn't I pick this up sooner? To be honest, I tried cooking before. And I failed. Miserably.
During those earlier days, the kitchen was as foreign to me as being inside a UFO. I was super paranoid about whatever I was doing and I couldn't shake the feeling that I was going to get food poisoned. I was also pretty clutzy. One food I gave up early on was pancakes. I LOVE pancakes. But when it came to making pancakes myself, I kept burning and destroying those darn things. My mom was able to so effortlessly know the timing and the technique to flip pancakes over, but whenever I tried, it just didn't translate as well. I gave up after a few tries, and didn't try again. Until recently.
I think it started with a quest to make my own chicken soup from scratch, (to stop relying on cans of chicken soup for any colds with flu season approaching, or any of my occasional digestion issues), but after looking up a simple recipe online, I went for it following directions the best I could and it went surprisingly well! Afterwards I grew some confidence in my "culinary abilities" and decided to try cooking pancakes again.
In the same way that I did with the chicken soup, I did some research on how to make your own pancake mix from scratch. I set out to find the highest quality ingredients at my local Homeplus and made sure I was prepared well. And this time around...everything just came together! I had the knowledge to properly balance the oil so the pancakes wouldn't keep getting stuck on the pan, my timing and my technique improved on it's own, and before I even knew it, I was flipping pancakes like I worked at an IHOP. (Which I sorta do. ;) )
Reflecting back, I realized if I only kept trying I would have succeeded. And perhaps I would be in a totally different place today. Maybe I would have been on Iron Chef or something, cause I'm loving it now! But it's because I stopped trying, I ultimately failed. You see, the fault of modern society is the inclination to define failure by one incident, when one incident...is just one incident! Quite the opposite, you haven't really TRULY failed at something until you've stopped trying or caring. The regrettable thing about it all is that perhaps success/breakthrough was just around the corner.
For myself, I'm making up for some lost time and exploiting new possibilities by developing a revived life skill. What's something you could have been amazing at, but just gave up too soon? I've heard so many stories of people who picked up guitar but gave up too soon-people who wanted to learn this and that, but sputtered short in the end.
If pancakes have taught me something, it's this: In whatever you're contending, I'm willing to bet that success awaits just a few more failures. Keep at it and don't give up! All things are possible with the Lord...and that's a fact. :)
Cooking!
Why didn't I pick this up sooner? To be honest, I tried cooking before. And I failed. Miserably.
During those earlier days, the kitchen was as foreign to me as being inside a UFO. I was super paranoid about whatever I was doing and I couldn't shake the feeling that I was going to get food poisoned. I was also pretty clutzy. One food I gave up early on was pancakes. I LOVE pancakes. But when it came to making pancakes myself, I kept burning and destroying those darn things. My mom was able to so effortlessly know the timing and the technique to flip pancakes over, but whenever I tried, it just didn't translate as well. I gave up after a few tries, and didn't try again. Until recently.
I think it started with a quest to make my own chicken soup from scratch, (to stop relying on cans of chicken soup for any colds with flu season approaching, or any of my occasional digestion issues), but after looking up a simple recipe online, I went for it following directions the best I could and it went surprisingly well! Afterwards I grew some confidence in my "culinary abilities" and decided to try cooking pancakes again.
In the same way that I did with the chicken soup, I did some research on how to make your own pancake mix from scratch. I set out to find the highest quality ingredients at my local Homeplus and made sure I was prepared well. And this time around...everything just came together! I had the knowledge to properly balance the oil so the pancakes wouldn't keep getting stuck on the pan, my timing and my technique improved on it's own, and before I even knew it, I was flipping pancakes like I worked at an IHOP. (Which I sorta do. ;) )
Reflecting back, I realized if I only kept trying I would have succeeded. And perhaps I would be in a totally different place today. Maybe I would have been on Iron Chef or something, cause I'm loving it now! But it's because I stopped trying, I ultimately failed. You see, the fault of modern society is the inclination to define failure by one incident, when one incident...is just one incident! Quite the opposite, you haven't really TRULY failed at something until you've stopped trying or caring. The regrettable thing about it all is that perhaps success/breakthrough was just around the corner.
For myself, I'm making up for some lost time and exploiting new possibilities by developing a revived life skill. What's something you could have been amazing at, but just gave up too soon? I've heard so many stories of people who picked up guitar but gave up too soon-people who wanted to learn this and that, but sputtered short in the end.
If pancakes have taught me something, it's this: In whatever you're contending, I'm willing to bet that success awaits just a few more failures. Keep at it and don't give up! All things are possible with the Lord...and that's a fact. :)
Can't wait to try your pancakes Chef Joel! Remember the time you said "uncle will buy you bread"? hehe now I can have some IHOP-style pancakes made by my special uncle! :) loved this post!
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