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The Dosa Story .....

I have never been as good at cooking and it has been a learning process for me. I tried to make a dosa and  I could finally make one .Now most of you would say it is so simple. Trust me I have been trying to make a dosa for 4 months and it has never come right . But today it did.

Did I try every day ? Maybe not . Did it frustrate me ? A lot - Made me feel I how could I not learn such a simple thing. And who told me it was simple? Everyone around me.

 

Well I made them yesterday but they just wouldn’t come .

 

That’s how days are . Like a good dosa day and bad dosa day . And sometimes a perfect dosa day.

Now if I had to focus on practicing the dosa everyday would I be able to cook other things. I don’t think so.

I had the dosa in mind and kept coming back to it after many breaks.

 

Could I have blamed the batter? Or the consistency without realizing that the technique was incorrect?

 

Is 4 months a long time. ? In my opinion - Yes . But for many it takes a lifetime to learn and do things.  The other thing is that I wanted to a perfect dosa. How many times do we work on things striving to be perfect instead of enjoying and acknowledging the process.?

 

How many times do we give up on something and end up feeling that we are not good at trying forgetting everything needs time, patience and practice?

 

How many times to we listen to others than what our body and mind are telling us ?

 

How many times do we judge ourselves and not feel good enough because we fail at that one thing which in our head is magnified?

 

How many times do we make the words of others affect us because we need their approval?

 

Very often we focus on that one thing that we get immersed in the failure, instead can we take a break and go back to see if can get more creative with the idea?

 

And these have been my learnings:

  • Be kind to yourself
  • Practice patience
  • Enjoy the process rather than focusing on the end goal
  • Learn each day and get creative
  • Explore more about the subject if you are interested
  • Look at different perspectives
  • Perseverance and persistence is key to keeping us grounded

 

So the analogy is simple but the applying it to our day to day lives may come across as difficult.


Much love...

 

 


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