Cauliflower and Sharks

My original intent was to draft an essay with the following thesis: Successfully preparing a meal is due equally to God’s inspiration and work as it is your diligence and attention.

This all came from a dinner conversation where my husband was explaining to my daughter that a scientist combined broccoli and brussel sprouts (both veggies that she likes) and came up with cauliflower. I had made a dish from Jamie Oliver's "Food Revolution" - bread crumbs made from rosemary, bacon, bread and olive oil - a casserole base from sour cream, cheese, and cauliflower that was quite good and Will (the husband) was encourging her to try it.

In this discussion, he asked Ellen if she wanted to guess who the scientist was - enter my guess, "God?". Details aside, Will asked if it was my ability to cook or God that made dinner tonight to which I absolutely replied "God."

The idea really is that the creation of the food, the attention I pay towards cooking, and the warmth of my kitchen are all rooted in God's grace. Moreover, and I smile now thinking of this, when I was making the casserole, I taught Ellen that no recipe is complete without adding love. I asked her if she knew how to add love and then explained that you do so by praying over your food that all that eat it feel loved and love in return. So really - Will posing this question an hour later is quite comical.

So my post meal mind is set on researching: the history of cauliflower and the spiritual element to believing that it is the self that succeeds and not the collaboration of human will and divine guidance. What this does is prompt phone calls and google searches that lead me to: a lead towards a personal goal to read (Dorothy Parker), a new song to get my blood going / replace the song I currently listen to & think of my sister (Shark in the Water), and the start of my Facebook thesis (coming from a #convow/ab)

Welcome: the now completely reinforced notion that God is behind everything. (And I mean everything, because these items I came across tonight really mean something to me.)

So do I need to research cauliflower anymore than I have already? No - and thank God, because cauliflower is really boring. There is not anything out there other than the family it is from (Brassicaceae), how to grow it (it's tricky), and recipes (I recommend buying Jamie's recent book). I will definitely be looking more into cultivating my spiritual position on this topic as I find it important for us humans to be aware that as, yes, we have "our own" mind to use we also require the awareness and discipline to use it well. Exercising both is critical to our relationships and the development to a full self.