Only the Side Dish

"What's for dinner?" can cause a meriad of respondes ranging from rolling of eyes, sighing and grumbling. Single people are certainly not exempt from this situation. Lately I have noticed I get started on a dinner such as whole wheat pasta and tomato sauce but get stuck after that, or get so hungry that I don't want to make anything else that could make the meal a little more balanced. Then a roommate would step in and say she had veggies and create something really wonderful like chopped tomato, cucumbers and basalmic vinagrette. Then she would make a steamed broccoli and cauliflower mix. She offered chicken which I cooked with a chicken seasoning I had. Before you knew it, we had a complete meal. Not only was it complete meal with the food assortment, but with the company. I was thinking how this applies to our lives. Individually, we are wonderful but definitely not enough to be a whole meal. Each of us combined make something whole: complete. We need each other's talents and abilities to enrich our own lives and increase our experience. Each of us has something to offer and "bring to the table" so to speak. How thankful I am for the side dishes and entrees in my life. I would be so boring and lopsided if I didn't have these influences.