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I don’t really understand why my husband and son can’t remember which herb in the garden is which. Chives do not resemble sage. Oregano and peppermint may look similar but the smell of each is revealing. But I have learned that I better check which one they’ve handed me. Of course, I didn’t remember that until after the tarragon went into the fritata. Fortunately, it was a really good mistake.
Not all mistakes have such delicious results but that’s okay. I’m a firm believer that without mistakes and accidental discoveries, we stagnate. Me? I’m not in much danger of stagnating because each and every day is a series of oops, rats, not what I meant to happen.
Frankly, it isn’t hard to imagine myself bumbling my way across the wilderness although I would like to think that it wouldn’t take me quite 40 years. But who knows? It could take longer.
–SueBE
Choir was a little painful tonight. We needed to work or way through four different anthems but we spent quite a bit of time on one. Why? Because one section had learned their part wrong. They had sung it wrong in the past. Our new choir director patiently had them repeat those two measures again and again. She understood that letting go of the wrong way of doing it and relearning the right way is much harder than learning the right way the first time around.
Why take so much time? Because music is our offering to God. It is definitely worthwhile to give him the very best we can offer.
What mistakes do you need to root out of your life? We all have something and, although it may seem difficult, it is worthwhile if it means giving our best.
–SueBE