Part 5: Dinner for one

Now that we have figured out what goes into cooking, that we need to be playful in the kitchen and rid ourselves of all norms and standards set by the society. A wise man once said, “be careful of the rules set by the society when the same rules have not worked for the same people”. Chefs that have come up with the best dishes did not follow the rules, it is important to rid yourself of all limitations.

We also learned aspects that go into mixing a cocktail, how both sweet and bitter ingredients when mixed and balanced properly bring our one beautiful flavour, this also includes salty ingredients. 

We learned that good music does not happen by chance, that it takes preparation to play a great set as a DJ or live performer. Music being the melody and how we live is our rhythm. 

It is important for us to constantly imagine our lives better than our current state should we not be happy with where we are. At any point in our lives we can choose how we want to live our lives and to help through that we have our imagination to that for us. As scripture in proverbs says “As a man thinks in his heart, so is he” 

Have you ever gone out to lunch or dinner alone? Just take yourself out and dine alone, enjoy your own company. I have done it a couple of times and I must confess, at first it was not the most comfortable feeling and I was also worried about the stares from other people. Until I realised that people were minding their own and were not even paying attention to me dining alone.

Dining alone causes you to be in your own space, face your own thoughts, thus facing the person that you are, our lives are the products of our beliefs and thought. Being alone makes us think about a lot of things, we need to be cognisant of how our thoughts are structured. Remember victory starts in the mind. Whatever thoughts we think and choose to entertain, they ought to be thoughts of victory and empowerment. 

When you sit to dine alone, other than the waiter, you have no friend to ask which meal you should order. You are left with the ultimate decision to order a meal that will be tasty to you and you alone. Life decisions are left to each of us to make, and those decisions must be ones which will lead us to lead fruitful lives as each of us defines what fruitful means.

We are responsible for our own lives and decisions. Are you content with your current decision-making process?

Dinner for one is about being in your own thoughts and still be able to have a sky view of your own thoughts and decisions. When you face your own thoughts, you face the very person that you are and have become.