Spiritual Life

What to Eat for Dinner

Photo by Marc-Olivier Jodoin on Unsplash — I was searching for a picture on Unsplash for this article. I’d chosen “Prayer” as the word to query. I saw this and went past it, but Seth had already said to me: “This one.” I looked at another couple of pages and then went back to it. It spoke to me, too.

I just read an article on the A/P News about Rachel Ray. I’ve always admired her, and although I wasn’t a devoted follower, there was a frankness, an honesty, and a love of life that showed through her cooking shows. She’s also written a bunch of books. The article examined her transition from a really famous cooking personality who was always in the news and the public’s attention to a lady in her mid-fifties who has changed the focus of her life to more hands-on cooking.

The result? We don’t see her on the tube as much. That’s what we used to call television. I believe it came from the cathode ray tubes that filled up those large boxes that sat in our living rooms. Now, you can watch things on your cell phone (I don’t…it’s too small), your computer, or one of those fancy thin televisions we get nowadays.

What reading that article, though, was the quote that was attributed to her:

“That was the message I wanted to bring to people. Don’t be scared of this. If it doesn’t come out all right, who cares? It’s just dinner.”

I stopped reading because I realized that is what I try to do for people, too. Substitute Spiritual Life for Dinner.

I have approached my Spiritual Life on my own terms. Not anybody else’s. I followed other people’s formulas for what…