Thursday, April 22, 2010

Ah, Ute...!

As Joe Pesce says in "My Cousin Vinny"..."deez Utes..."

The Judge says, "Utes?"

Pesce repeats, "Utes..."

And again, the judge, "Utes?"

Finally, Pesce, overarticulating, "Youths..."

Oh...!

I met with a lovely young woman who is studying at La Sorbonne. She's from the States and studying about food criticsm.

We went back and forth about food and wine and culture and when I asked her what she wanted to do with her life she hesitated. I told her to take the money out of the equation and then she answered right away, "I want to be a food writer."

I told her to jump in...to "go for it."

I quoted W.H. Murray who in turn quotes Goethe. The quote is from The Scottish Himalaya Expedition, 1951. There the text goes:

'But when I said that nothing had been done I erred in one important matter. We had definitely committed ourselves and were halfway out of our ruts. We had put down our passage money--booked a sailing to Bombay. This may sound too simple, but is great in consequence. Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, the providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way. I learned a deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets:

Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!'


Amen...

So...dear reader...GO FOR IT!

Carpe diem because tempus, in fact does, fugit!!

Have a manifesting day!

You're welcome...

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