Temptation

I might just need to put a little more salt on it.

Poof! Recipe ruined.

“Why is this so salty?”

“I…uh…well…I thought more salt would be better.”

Enter awkward laugh.

I knew the instructions said “just a pinch” but it tasted bland, after all what could a little extra salt do…?

Ruin dinner apparently.

I was tempted and I caved on that temptation. I wanted to make things better is all.

The story goes on…

As it does for all of us.

What happens after giving in to the temptation of breaking the recipe’s rules? Dinner sucked. The evening led to toast and yogurt as a quick replacement. Frustrations within myself occur and ruminate. My family loses trust in my ability to try a new recipe and future attempts will be met with a critical tastebud, maybe fear.

For all I know my daughter wakes up in a cold sweat fearful of the ocean of sodium she just took in.

Maybe the indulged temptation was so great a folly that I am never fully trusted to make dinner again.

There’s always another road. There’s ideal and right within the context and information we’ve been given (the recipe here) and the self-indulgent alternative (will, impulse, wrong intentions, underlying beliefs about self, chaos).

You get to choose, but choose wisely.