Allow That Food Cool Off!

So something happened this past weekend; I was billed for an exercise at work that later got canceled; so I had some time to stay back at home and see to personal targets.

One of these targets was to prepare a meal; so for this day I chose to cook potatoe porridge. It was going to be my first time, so I was mentally prepared for it, although a little concerned about how it would come out. 

The items I needed were on ground: potatoe tubers, salt, curry, chicken flavour spice and the others. The only problem was, the regular pepper was not available at home, so instead I used Cameroon pepper.

The challenge with Cameroon pepper is that, it is way spicier than the usual pepper - and I never knew to what extent this was. So I innocently added some portion of it to the porridge. The thing about this kind of pepper is, when you taste it, initially it is not going to feel so hot, until it is some few seconds or minutes later after you've tasted the meal.

So in some few minutes later, the food was ready. Those who have my personal line would have seen my status post on whatsapp praising myself on a good job well done. Well, actually the food was really tasty, but very peppery.

I mean, the kind of peppery meal where your nostrils would drip catarrh and if you are not strong, tears from your eyes. But just in the spike of the moment, I remembered an encounter I first had with a peppery food and the wisdom impacted to me back then (in another post, hopefully next week, I will speak about another lesson learnt during that my first encounter), which thinking about it now seems like common sense: let the hot peppery food cool down!

There are situations we encounter in life that places us under pressure. Uncomfortable as they seem, you just realize you can't help the situation. All hope seems lost, somehow you are pushed to the wall. You try so many options, options that normally should work, just that somehow, they do not work at this time. 

You have calculated and plotted, but it just seem any other decision you take would definitely complicate the situation more or make you cry. 

The more you try to solve the problem, by eating the peppery porridge, the more tears fall from your eyes and catarrh from your nostrils. It seems like a do or die affair. The food is both hot and peppery. You are terribly scared about how it will end, not certain you can handle it yourself. 

You bring in others to help out, people who are more experienced or professionals as they are called, but it just gets all complicated. It is like trying to find the door in a very dark room that you are not familiar with - you keep hitting obstacles and at a time just get frustrated and give up trying. 

My counsel for you today is, let it cool down. At least if the food is cold, then you will only be dealing with the pepper. You can't help it. So why fret yourself? A wise man once said, if you can't change a situation, why worry? Also if you can change the situation, then why worry? 

The food is already peppery. And hot. You cannot 'unpepper' it. Neither can you add more pepper to the already peppered meal. But you sure can step back and allow it calm down. So, do just that - let it cool down. 

In letting the situation calm down, you can think clearly. Your mind is straight, unbothered about the many calamities that are impending. You can strategize on the best way out. Your thinking at that time is not clouded with worries or fear. 

You are also able to see the whole picture when you step back. Now you know the loopholes and how they were formed. You notice the strange moves you can make to quench or put off the fire. It becomes clear what step you must take concerning that situation. 

As you go into the remaining half of this year, step back a bit and observe that situation you have been trying assiduously to manage. See what you are doing wrong and how best to handle it. 

That is exactly what I finally did: I spread the porridge on the plate and allowed it cool down. By the time I was back to eat, I could still feel the pepper, but it wasn't a bad and teary moment as before. 

Hopefully I can try preparing my potatoe porridge again, but this time it is definitely without Cameroon pepper. Lesson learnt. 

I call you blessed.

I love you, and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it. 

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