YES!! That line leaped out at me, too. It's so true. The more careful (hesitant) about pouring we are, the more likely we are to spill. The big, brave JUST DO IT, and do it quickly, wins the day.
This, @owasco, I wouldn't have guessed was you at any time in your life:
I read no books voluntarily, and I stayed quite silent so as not to incur anyone’s wrath or dismay.
I did what I was told
I'm glad you evolved into the outspoken version of the free thinker you've always been. :)
Your dad, a chemistry teacher - you, with advanced degrees in math and science - and yet it's the most rudimentary, fundamental fact of living, FOOD, food prep, cooking, feeding people, something "anyone" could do, but you did it - better than anyone!
Have you read or even heard of the insanely best-selling memoir, "The Glass Castle," by Jeanette Walls? Her mother thought cooking was a waste of time... for weeks now I have been seething, indignant, angry on behalf of that woman's four children, waiting until I simmer down before I write a review (it's an old book, but still selling well, to my amazement).
Now, if you ever write and publish a bio on your Aunt Jane - I'll 5-star that one!
Carol!!!
I was into higher math for a few years, that was so esoteric almost NO ONE was able to share it with me. Then I got into modern dance. More people liked it, but still fairly few. Food though. Food. I could find common ground with everyone when it came to food.
I started reading in college. All my friends were avid readers, so I forced myself to do it until it became another thing I couldn't live without. One of my earliest voluntarily read books was The Secret Life Of Plants.
I think I read the Glass Castle, the title and author both ring bells, but I don't remember the story.
It would be fun to write about Aunt Jane.
I have to apologize for not responding to your emails. I'm in play that opens tonight, have begun studying to be a homeopath (enrolled in an academy - so much work!), and the garden is killing me, small as it is. Too much! Next week I'm traveling, then hopefully I'll only have the academy to do.