Treat Life like it is a Pancake

Pancakes...Crepes...whatever you want to call these fluffy little delights that are so delectable.  

I do not like to cook, but love to eat; and pancakes is one of the few dishes that I do not mind making.  I would make them every morning.  There is something about pouring the batter in the middle of the pan and trying to create that perfect circle.  Then watching the edges bubble, which was a sign that it is ready to flip. 

Even if I did not make a perfect circle, I did not throw them out.  Even when parts were not cooked all the way through, I just cut those parts away.  But I would never discard a pancake because of it being imperfect.

Then as I got older I realized that pancakes/crepes go great with everything.  Its like they maintain their goodness while complementing the goodness of another ingredient. Whether its strawberries, whip cream, eggs, cheese, spinach, ice cream, bananas, tomatoes, pears…okay I could go on. You get the point.

Thinking about this today, we should all treat our lives more like pancakes. 

When things don’t happen perfectly we tend to panic and want to run and hide.  We stop living and begin to waste time thinking about how things could have been differently.  We begin to look for blame or blame ourselves which causes us to sit in one place and become stagnant, and whether water or a person; when something becomes stagnant it stinks.  

You stink because you become stuck on one thought instead of just learning from it, cutting away the bad parts, and continue to move through it.  Its just like I did with the pancake, I cut away the bad and kept the good.  You also begin to throw your entire being away because of a mistake.  Whether its a relapse, lost job, missed opportunity, failed attempt at something...we throw our entire self away.  You begin to think you are the mistake and not that you made a mistake.  

When something does not happen perfectly; when you get to a point in life and you are not where you would like to be.  When you are standing on the outskirts of your life and you feel further and further away from the dreams that you had as a child…well it sucks. But this is the time you must make a decision whether to settle or to fight.

Its at this point when you must cling to the goodness that you still have and through that goodness the possibilities will come.  The only reason pancakes go great with everything is because its filled with such goodness.  Attach your spirit to the good parts about yourself.  Do not keep replaying the mistakes because that is what you will see about the person you are becoming.  If you continue to do that you will never feel good enough.  

Your good parts are your talents, your gifts; the things that people would miss about you if you were not there.  If you do not know ask people what they think your gifts are, ask people why they like you, or why are they your friends.  People that you can trust because not everyone is worthy to be asked that question.

Do not stop living just because your life seems terribly imperfect.  If you concentrate on that which is good, you will again begin to see the possibilities that life has to offer you and only you.

Cheers my friend and continue living.