Write a book on intuition. Some of us have it, some don’t. Reading about it will not help.
Have a dinner party and know exactly how, when and where to seat your guests and what to cook for them. Know how to steer the conversation when it goes to politics or religion and you want to get back to the shallow end of the pool before a guest or two drowns.
Should all the women of the world gang up and write a book on intuition? If we did, men would never read it. Certainly they would not understand it. Oh, I love gay men. They get it, and decorate and cook and talk to people like me.
I think this is one of the first things parents can pass along to their babies. Mommy and Daddy love you and we look for any sign of a need for food, nap or diaper change (Daddy usually disappears to the garage when that happens). You, kiddo, need to do the same. It’s OK to cry. Watch people. Know what they’ll do before they do or say it. Be one step ahead.
Read people. Anticipate. Act. If a friend comes over to my home crying I know something is wrong, offer tea or a glass of wine and whatever is wrong will come out and then we can make a plan to deal with it and I’ll have your back.
That’s the female world. I’ve worked with guys all my life and most are in love with their wives and nuts about their kids. They just can’t show it. This dichotomy must stop. My dad went out to play softball or touch football with ALL the kids in the neighborhood every summer evening after dinner. That was his rule. If the girls and little kids can’t play, I won’t play. We were tossing a softball to a three year-old from several feet away and she ran to first base.
One thing I can say about my old man (yes, he’s old) is that he always had intuition. I do not believe that can be taught. We can talk about nature and nurture in another session. Thanks for reading! Less than 40 left. What do you think my next blog should be about? Don’t say start tweeting. Dee
But a book about intuition? That’s an oxymoron. Dee
Cooking with Dee 