This morning as I opened the fridge to get out breakfast, I spotted a pot of broth there, and flashed back to a meal I enjoyed a number of years ago. I was at my sister\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s house, and she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d made what she referred to as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Musgo Soup.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d When I asked what that was, she explained: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Everything in the refrigerator must go.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d In short, it was her way of using up ingredients before they could go bad.<\/p>\n
I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t much of a soup maker back then, because somehow it had seemed to me like a mysterious art. I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even have a recipe. But then, neither did my sister. And that soup was memorably good. It was the sort of food that makes you feel disappointed when you run out of appetite.<\/p>\n
It wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t long before I decided to try my own hand at Musgo Soup. It turned out that not only was it good, it was easy. Because nobody had a particular expectation about how it was supposed to turn out, nobody could tell me I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d done it wrong. Working without a recipe turned out to be a lot more fun than I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d expected. <\/p>\n
Since then, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve learned to cook what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s available, and to adlib without a recipe, a lot. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s saved us on grocery bills and added some variety to our dinners. Even more, I think there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a lesson in it about life itself. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve all heard \u00e2\u20ac\u0153when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Well, when life gives you leftovers, make Musgo Soup. When you approach food, and life, like every ingredient is a bowlful of potential it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a lot easier to enjoy what you have, and to make the most of it, than if you lament instead that it isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t prime rib. The key to getting the most out of life\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s great kitchen isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t to have all the best ingredients on hand, but to put your best into whatever you happen to have. Whatever it is you make, or do, treat it like it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s what you really love and be the best you can be at it.<\/p>\n
Sometimes God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s vocations are loud and clear. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Francis, rebuild my Church.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d But sometimes God doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t call so audibly. Sometimes we just happen into a vocation by wandering toward it, or even by being stuck with it. Even if we are not doing what we want to be doing, God is still calling us to give it our best. And sometimes, Musgo is the most delicious dish on the menu, if we but give it a chance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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