One of my favorite shows is "Chopped" on the Food Network. For those of you who have not seen it, I will try to briefly explain it. It starts out with four contestants(chefs) for the appetizer round. They are instructed to make an appetizer that will be judged on taste, presentation, and creativity from the mix of ingredients in their mystery basket in twenty minutes. I will explain the mystery basket in a moment. After the appetizer round, someone is chopped(sent home) and three go on to the entree round, this time with thirty minutes with the same instructions. After the entree round, another person is chopped and two move onto the dessert round. Same instructions and time limit as the entree round. At the end of the dessert round, they pick a winner based on their overall meal(appetizer, entree, and dessert) and that winner wins a cash prize. Now for the mystery basket, it is just that a mystery. I have seen everything from snake to gummy bears in these baskets. They seem to always throw one item in that doesn't fit. Like the whole canned chicken in the appetizer round.
So, after all of that, here is what I am getting at. Every morning when we wake up, we are handed a mystery basket. We have no choice but to open it and deal with what is inside. Sure we could just stay in bed all day and ignore it, but that just means that tomorrow there will be two to deal with. When we open our baskets, it is our responsibility to make the most of what has been given to us. We can just take the ingredients and plop them on the plate and go on, or we can use that abilities and wisdom(adding from the pantry of goodies that is available to all the contestants) that we have and make that best of it. If we just ignore the ingredients and don't manipulate them in any way, we must settle for what life hands us and move on. On the other hand, if we take what life has given us, manipulate we have the opportunity to create something very special and memorable. Sure, all the chefs are highly trained and have years of experience, but so are you when it comes to your life. Nobody is capable of creating your life better than you.
So what's it going to be? Will you settle for a life of mixed up ingredients that do nothing but leave a bad taste in your mouth or will you use your abilities to create a life that leaves not only you, but those who have judged you, craving more? Only you can "chop" you from this reality show, by just giving up.
Dream Big...Pursue Big...Live Big
So, after all of that, here is what I am getting at. Every morning when we wake up, we are handed a mystery basket. We have no choice but to open it and deal with what is inside. Sure we could just stay in bed all day and ignore it, but that just means that tomorrow there will be two to deal with. When we open our baskets, it is our responsibility to make the most of what has been given to us. We can just take the ingredients and plop them on the plate and go on, or we can use that abilities and wisdom(adding from the pantry of goodies that is available to all the contestants) that we have and make that best of it. If we just ignore the ingredients and don't manipulate them in any way, we must settle for what life hands us and move on. On the other hand, if we take what life has given us, manipulate we have the opportunity to create something very special and memorable. Sure, all the chefs are highly trained and have years of experience, but so are you when it comes to your life. Nobody is capable of creating your life better than you.
So what's it going to be? Will you settle for a life of mixed up ingredients that do nothing but leave a bad taste in your mouth or will you use your abilities to create a life that leaves not only you, but those who have judged you, craving more? Only you can "chop" you from this reality show, by just giving up.
Dream Big...Pursue Big...Live Big
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