"Learn to cook--try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless, and above all have fun!" — Julia Child

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

"You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there."

Yes, unfortunately for you the reader, another final is coming up.  Knife skills, 100+ questions of written testing, and a "Market Basket" cooking test.  So, I find myself searching for hope and encouragement that I can conquer and overcome my fear.
It seems silly to fear knife skills tests and market basket challenges...  I have cut up a chicken before - many times... I cook dinner frequently based on what is in the refrigerator or pantry.  My fear stems from a few things:  1. Fine dining chef's will be critiquing my plate on presentation, taste and technique.  2.  I will need to incorporate into my offering the things I have learned over the past few weeks so that the chef recognizes that I have learned what he was teaching.  3.  I have choked on knife skills in the past.  4.  The written tests are hard even if you have extensive notes.  Now that I have stated my fears, I shall let them go and ride on the wind. 
From today on I will strategize and study, plan and practice.  I will have confidence in what I have learned and my ability to regroup from kitchen catastrophes'.  I will think on the good and positive.  As it says in Phillipians:  "Summing it all up, friends, I'd say you'll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse."
Can someone remind me I said this please!

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