Open Your Mind While Tasting.

A certain boy was called to the kitchen by his mum who was preparing his favourite meal to come and have a taste. When he got to the kitchen, his mum gave him a small quantity of the food that was boiling in the pot. As the boy collected the spoon from his mother just to have a taste of his favourite food. He closed his eyes out of excitement but immediately something tragic happened. To the boy's shock, the food on the spoon fell off and landed on the floor of the kitchen. As he tried to pick it up, he remembered that his mother had warned him never to pick anything from the floor. This made him so sad and instantly, the mother asked him why he allowed the food to fall from the spoon. He looked at his mum with no response. It was at this moment that his mother gave him an important lesson in his life.

Never dip your leg in the water with closed eyes...

Open Your Mind While Tasting.

If you are asked to explain what made the little boy throw away the food he was meant to taste, what will be your response? I will not wait for you to get an answer rather I will talk about what the boy's mother told him that day. The first thing you must understand in the above story is that the boy allowed the feeling of sweetness to overtake his mind. Let's take a look at what was happening to the boy before his mother called him. Let's imagine he was somewhere in the house playing and suddenly he began to perceive the aroma of his favourite food.

The first thing that must have come to his mind would have been the thought of sitting in the dining and enjoying the food. Secondly, he would think of how he would ask for more the moment he finishes eating. Now, in his confused state, he was called by his mum who knew that the food was his favourite. Due to all the emotions running through his mind, he got to the kitchen with just one thing in mind and that is to eat the food. He forgot that anything can happen even when everything seems sweet and rosy. As he collected the spoon with the food on it, he closed his eyes just to savour the sweetness of the food but the lower part of his teeth became a barrier. As he watched in this belief as to the reason why the food fell off the spoon, his mother said to him;

Never close your eyes when the food is not yet in your mouth.

Lesson From the Boy.

I believe you have carefully read through the post to get to this point. If you have not, you may find it hard to understand what I am about to say.

Why do we close our eyes when the food is not yet in our mouths? I know you are wondering what the question means. Let's have a moment of critical and logical reasoning.

We are all like the boy and the sweet-smelling favourite food are those things we love so much. It could be our car, house, wife/husband, girlfriend/boyfriend, food, pet, career and so many other things. Just like the boy, we are also filled with so much excitement whenever we come in contact with that which our hearts yearn for. Just like the boy, we end up allowing our emotions to control our minds and our sense of reasoning. Let me focus a little on the area of relationships and why most times we fail to see the bold handwriting on the wall.

Relationships

I hope you are following through with the post because if you had jumped any part of the post, you would have missed a very vital point. Looking at our relationships from the story of the boy and the tasting of food. You would understand with me that most times we allow overexcitement or the happiness of seeing the person we love around us to becloud our judgment. This becomes worse when sex becomes the major focus of the relationship especially when it is not sealed in marriage. Just like the boy, you will always feel so excited anytime you are about to see your partner. This overexcitement will certainly take away every sense of reasoning you have.

Have wondered why you end up not carrying out a decision you have made when it concerns your partner? For instance, you might be having a serious issue of doubt which was caused by your partner's recent behaviour and you decided that once you people meet, you bring it up for discussion. It baffles you how you end up forgetting all the decisions you have taken only to remember them the moment the both of you are apart. This is exactly what happens when you close your eyes when the food is not yet in your mouth. No matter how sweet or excited you feel in a relationship, always allow your sense of reasoning to come first, especially when you have serious things to talk about. Don't allow what happened to the little boy to befall you.

Love is blind but can see very clearly even in the dark... Davinchysax