Life is a Buffet:
‘Food’ and ‘Life’… two unavoidable concepts we deal with everyday. The first one surely is many of yours’ favourite. Count me in. No matter what the mood is, sometimes all we want to do is eat, eat more, eat much more. I too enjoy tasty food like most of you do. Not sure if I can be called a foodie. But I surely lie somewhere in the foodie spectrum. Otherwise why would ‘Food’ take shape as a motivational entity in my ‘Life’?
Got puzzled? Okay, let me explain a crazy thought I got one day. I tried to simplify the mysterious concept we call LIFE with the help of FOOD. Trust me, no other analogy has kept me going through this messed up life more than this one. I say, Life is like a Buffet. A buffet filled with an infinite number of variety dishes. We have heard statements like “Life is a race”, “Life is a stage”, “Life is a game”. But have you heard “Life is a Buffet” before? To me this thought came off as really inspiring.
Life is for eating:
Simply picture a large variety of your favourite dishes; dishes that you have never seen before but look so good, dishes that have a fruit or vegetable which you hate, and of course creamy chocolate cakes, ice creams. You name it, everything you have seen & not seen is available in this massive buffet. Best part? You have the absolute liberty to pick anything you want.
As known, in a buffet there will be starters, main course and desserts. But do you assume anyone would mind if I start with desserts? Do you think it will be a terrible mistake to have only desserts in the buffet? Will I be punished for not touching the starter or main course? Of course not. I can simply choose to eat whatever I wish to & how much ever I want to. That freedom is huge. And I relate this idea of freedom to our life choices.
Now think of these tasty dishes as different paths in your life. The paths could be different turns you take in your life. It could mean different Career options, Personality types, people you choose to be with, the opportunities you get in life. It could mean anything, you can customise that idea in your suitable way. So this infinity of food items displayed before you is, in other terms, the countless possibilities with which you could design your life. Definitely you can’t try EVERYTHING that is on this massive buffet. But you can pick the food items that you feel would cater to your taste.
Why does it give me comfort?
Sometimes life gets overwhelming for me. A lot of things to do, to take care of, another lot to pick & choose from. At such times, “Life is a Buffet” comes to my rescue. When I look at my life choices as delicious food items in a massive buffet, it helps me calm down. The idea creates an environment for my inner child to wonder at the world. This makes me feel a little more excited about decision making. This is how I relate LIFE to food, and conceive it as a joyful experience.
Earth is the dining hall
We all worry about our purpose in life. Some lucky souls have figured out their favourite dishes. Because they identified their taste in food. So they now have clarity as to what to choose. But some others haven’t figured out their taste. And the best way to know your taste is by exploring. By experiencing the flavour of as many dishes as you can. To remind you, the complete saying is: “A Jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one.”
We come to this dining hall we call the Earth. We stay here only for one meal. Then leave when our time gets over. The time limit is exactly what makes this meal valuable. Try to pick your own variety of dishes. Doesn’t matter if it tastes good or bad. Remember, when you leave after your meal, you need to leave with a happy tummy.
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