Faith Venture

I am still thinking about being prepared.

Mise en Place—a concept or practice from cooking. You gather all the ingredients for a dish you are preparing assembled in order and even measured in small bowls or dishes. Now you are ready to begin the work of preparing the dish.

Rituals—Rex Stout in Nero Wolfe novels, Archie Goodwin dusts, gets out Wolfe’s fountain pen, fills it, makes sure it works, places the day’s mail on the desk, has the office ready when Wolfe comes to the office at 11. Wolfe places his freshly cut orchid in the vase, adjusts himself in his custom chair, checks his pen, flips through the mail. They are now ready to start work.

The question:

What good is all that preparation if one never starts cooking or writing or thinking?

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