Dreams and Aspirations (file under reaching for the stars and catching them)

I could not be more proud right now if I tried.

You’ll recall when I started this journey that it was the first step in me realizing my selfish dream of becoming a great chef. Every bone in my body told me that I was meant to be one and once inside the kitchen it was confirmed in so many wonderful ways. Well, my beautiful, talented and spectacularly wonderful fiancé, C, has been a working actress for many years. She has had great success with it and around the same time that I decided that I was going to join a professional kitchen she decided that she was going to do some professional development at Stella Adler (http://www.stellaadler.com/). She was accepted to the introductory course and then was one of the first people ever allowed to also do an advanced course at the same time.

Well on Friday my love went for an audition to be accepted to the conservancy program which would see her attend two semesters in NYC at one of the best schools in the world. The afore mentioned Stella Adler.

It is the most amazing feeling to be sharing dreams advancement and success at the same time as my lover. C, I am your biggest fan, your number one supporter and I infinitely proud of you. Though it is difficult to be away from the ones we love, it is the realization of hard work, desire, passion, persistence and talent. There was never any doubt in my mind. Our love has always overcome challenges and obstacles and has always been able to transcend space and time.

You did it! You visualized it! You stated what you wanted and you got it. There are great lessons to be learned here and this experience can only serve to strengthen your resolve and indeed our love and our future.

Way to go my lover. You are so special and I can hardly wait to see you.

For my loyal readers there is a lesson to be learned here. As I’ve said before the journey starts with just one step, requires courage and conviction. But with those around that love and support you ANYTHING is possible.

Swami Vivekananda once said; “Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is way great spiritual giants are produced.”

I will be back today with posts about curry, stocks, broths, coups, consommés and so much more.

Be inspired. Dream big. Take up that one idea and become the giant that we all have inside of us.

Way to go lover. Four more days until I can show you just how proud of you I am. Shine on and enjoy your last few days in NYC.

A la prochaine

SDM