play to your strengths

Ok - there are not a lot of things I am good at. I am OK with that. I know that I can be better in a lot of areas. But really - you can't work on EVERYTHING at once. I always say I am "specialized" in certain areas. 1. Because I like to refer to myself as special. (OH, I can still hear that 1st grade teacher telling me I wasn't special) 2. It helps me feel good about all the things I CAN do. 3.Potential energy - the possible energy in something. I feel very potential. I know I have the potential to learn and do a lot of things. And that is enough for me. I could be a wonderful photographer, tv producer, small time actress, artist, even organizer if I applied myself and took time to learn. But right now I think I should probably focus on learning to feed my family healthier food. It just seems more important. (I am not saying I rock at all that stuff - but those are the diff fields that I have considered thru out my life) What I can do right now, is set a lovely table. That isn't the whole list. But it is on there. Here is the table I set yest. for our company last night. Fine china, ladies and gentlemen. Flowers selected just for the evening. (1/2 price at Whole Foods because they were 2 days old). Candles. Clean. A little gift for them. It isn't in the pic - but we had that pork tenderloin roast from the Mayo Clinic cookbook, salad and crunchy corn. (we could only have a few side because that is all the serving dishes we had;) Wine. (I don't drink for a lot of reasons and none of them has to do with my faith...just FYI for if you invite me over). That actually was my grandmother's table. Curtains my my mom. There isn't anything else in our dining room just yet. Except usually some scooters. You may have picked up on that. Anyway - we had a lovely evening last night with our dear friends. The kids ate, bathed early and were angels watching their new DVD while we ate and talked. (There Goes a Spaceship/Boat/Mail Truck - these are GREAT DVDs). It would have been perfect had I not broken one of our pieces of china while hand washing this morning. Oh well. It is made to be used...just not dropped:) kelli