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Spiritual skills…in the kitchen?
Originally appeared on spirituality.com
It started off as a family joke—that I was a hopeless cook. My mother had always been a good cook and, when I was a teenager, I had a few disastrous experiences that led everyone to believe I wasn’t exactly a genius in the kitchen.
But twenty years down the track, we were all still laughing about it. And because of those jokes, I became reluctant to prepare meals in case I made mistakes. This meant that I only made very basic dinners and shied away from cooking at all costs. And as for hosting dinner parties—forget it. The joke had taken on a life of its own and ended up controlling how I felt about myself and my abilities. It wasn’t until recently that I decided to actually pray about this issue.
During a conversation with my neighbors, the “fact” that I couldn’t cook resurfaced. Only this time, something in me stirred. My study of Christian Science has taught me to think of myself as God’s expression—unlimited, talented, and capable of all good. And that I needed to start identifying myself in the same way divine Love, God, did– as full of potential and possibilities in every area of my life, even cooking.
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