The art of blending

I sometimes like to make smoothies. I'll get on a health kick and throw some things together, blend it up, and drink it on the way to work. The other day I put WAY to many ingredients in the blender. Not only was it too thick, the items I blended were not complimentary of each other. It tasted awful. But rather than throwing it out, I drank it, not wanting to waste the healthy ingredients. Later I got a bit nauseous, which lead to, uh, let's just say the bathroom. This smootie experience was the inspiration for this post. Think about your day; how many people did you come in contact with, at work, school, the grocery store? Now consider each of these people, or groups of people, as ingredients in your smoothie of life. If you had to "blend" everyone you met today into your "smoothie", would you enjoy it? Or, would it be a nauseating disappointment as mine was? Sometimes we can choose who we belnd with and sometimes we can't. On those days we have a choice, make the most of your "ingredients". Pick the people that give you strength, and joy. On the days you can't pick your "people" ingredients you still have to get by. Sometimes this means "ingesting" comments or personalities you would never had picked for your smoothie. Well, let's think of it like my grandma "at least try it, if you don't like it you don't have to eat it again." Sometimes I liked it and wanted more, other times, it was awful and I scooped it off my plate. In the life smoothie it would go something like this. "it's not the person you would have chosen, but do the work and if you don't hit it off, don't accept a lunch invitation". In other words, don't throw them into you life blender. This happens everyday at work. I am in a 12 ingredient office. In the beginning, nothing blended well. I wondered how I would be able to mix this smoothie and make it good. Well, a couple assignments and desk moves, brought me to a GREAT mixture of people. I will say there are still a couple of people I don't want in my work smoothie, but there is nothing I can do about it. So, I name them Kale - I HATE Kale! However, it can be tolerated with certain other ingredients. Thus that "Kale" at work is the same; the other ingredients drowned it out and my life smoothie is ingestible. The actual smoothie I made in the beginning of this post had too many uncomplimentary items. I have found this true in some groups that I USED to hang out with. Those ingredients were not healthy and so I dropped them from my smoothie all together. I am still experimenting with my actual smoothie, and my life smoothie. Soon, they will both be the perfect blend of health, enjoyment, and comfort. May you find the right "ingredients" for your life smoothie.