When Somebody Loves You
Years ago, I read a quote in Jess S. Scott’s book The Intern, “When somebody loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.” We all know what it feels like to feel loved. For me it is like being wrapped in a blanket where I feel the warmth, safety and comfort of those who love me. I am blessed to have a small circle of people in my life who keep me humble and do things to make me feel loved every day of my life. I would like to believe I say and do things that make them feel my love for them. I try to radiate love to all, sometimes from a distance, but with others it is as close and often as possible.
I found myself thinking about this quote again when my friend Angel asked me to write about love and cooking. I thought Scott’s words were true for my cooking. To paraphrase him slightly, “When somebody loves you, the way they cook for you is different. You taste the love and the positive energy.” You may be able to think of a meal or a person whose food you can taste the love in. My friend Laura, who is no longer with us, would always request a tray of lasagna and a tray of orange brownies for her birthday. I would think of her and how much I love her as I made it and I would always be rewarded by that look and the smile and the joy that radiated from her as she slowly savored each and every bite. She would then take the leftovers home and savor them and make them last as long as possible.
I was at a vending event once and a woman told me how she hated chocolate chip cookies and then she tasted mine. She was floored. She asked me what my secret ingredient is and I very humbly told her love. We are not always conscious of how love and the positive energy we carry with us while we are cooking changes the way we cook and the way the food tastes.
A friend of mine shared a story with me about a time he was cooking dinner for his family. It was a dish he had made hundreds of times. However, this time he was not thinking about his family and how much he loved them. Rather he was thinking about all the things on his to do list and the frustrating day he had experienced at work. As he shared nothing came out right. His mother asked him if he had a bad day. She could taste it in the food.
Last year a coworker and his spouse gave birth to their 2nd child. I thought of how much he means to me and how tired they would be when they came home. So I made some uber simple vegan dishes to greet them when they came home from the hospital. They could taste the love in what I made them.
It is not about the complexity of what you are making, but the love and attention you pour into whatever you are making. So as you prepare to make your next meal for yourself or others, fill yourself with love and then start cooking.
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Years ago, I read a quote in Jess S. Scott’s book The Intern, “When somebody loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.” We all know what it feels like to feel loved. For me it is like being wrapped in a blanket where I feel the warmth, safety and comfort of those who love me. I am blessed to have a small circle of people in my life who keep me humble and do things to make me feel loved every day of my life. I would like to believe I say and do things that make them feel my love for them. I try to radiate love to all, sometimes from a distance, but with others it is as close and often as possible.
I found myself thinking about this quote again when my friend Angel asked me to write about love and cooking. I thought Scott’s words were true for my cooking. To paraphrase him slightly, “When somebody loves you, the way they cook for you is different. You taste the love and the positive energy.” You may be able to think of a meal or a person whose food you can taste the love in. My friend Laura, who is no longer with us, would always request a tray of lasagna and a tray of orange brownies for her birthday. I would think of her and how much I love her as I made it and I would always be rewarded by that look and the smile and the joy that radiated from her as she slowly savored each and every bite. She would then take the leftovers home and savor them and make them last as long as possible.
I was at a vending event once and a woman told me how she hated chocolate chip cookies and then she tasted mine. She was floored. She asked me what my secret ingredient is and I very humbly told her love. We are not always conscious of how love and the positive energy we carry with us while we are cooking changes the way we cook and the way the food tastes.
A friend of mine shared a story with me about a time he was cooking dinner for his family. It was a dish he had made hundreds of times. However, this time he was not thinking about his family and how much he loved them. Rather he was thinking about all the things on his to do list and the frustrating day he had experienced at work. As he shared nothing came out right. His mother asked him if he had a bad day. She could taste it in the food.
Last year a coworker and his spouse gave birth to their 2nd child. I thought of how much he means to me and how tired they would be when they came home. So I made some uber simple vegan dishes to greet them when they came home from the hospital. They could taste the love in what I made them.
It is not about the complexity of what you are making, but the love and attention you pour into whatever you are making. So as you prepare to make your next meal for yourself or others, fill yourself with love and then start cooking.
100% our donations go to support our ability to provide low and no cost offerings to those seeking to grow and evolve spiritually.