“Correction does much, but encouragement does more.”
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
An older woman I know asked me to make a strata – a casserole-type dish – for a special event at church. Not being much of a cook, I was a bit nervous about her request, but I told her that if she gave me a simple recipe, I would do it. She sent me a recipe that fortunately did not include too many ingredients. The day before I needed to produce the strata, she texted me to ask if I had any questions. No – because at that point I had not even started. When I finally began to make the dish, I did have questions, but it was too late to call her, so I just did what made the most sense. The next day, I showed up with my strata, hoping that it would turn out close to what she was expecting. She oohed and aahed over my dish and told me that mine had turned out better than hers. Impossible, I know, but she did get me to do something that I did not think I could do.
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