Burnt cupcakes

      Got a little upset over burnt cupcakes from our oven.  Not because it was a waste of ingredients and electricity. Not because it was a result of ignoring my instructions. Blew my top (just a little) with the designated bakers in my family because it was a replay of an earlier kitchen disaster which happened only a few days earlier! If it would happen again so soon, it might mean that either no one paid attention to me or that it was so easy to forget what we did wrong from the last batch of bad cupcakes.


     Yes, it is so easy to forget our lessons from our past mistakes.  You would think that one time is enough for us to recognize the things we shouldn't do again.  It turns out we have to commit some mistakes over and over again before it dawns upon us how foolish we are.

     It is the same way with failed relationships. Why is it  that why and how we were wronged and hurt by someone also slips into our unconscious so easily? Why do we  plunge into the murky depths of unreason and inattention only to drown once again?

     And so we need to bake another batch of cupcakes until they come out perfect. We will try to do better the next time around, mindful of factors which made us fail in the past. We will remind ourselves that we will not give another cause to be taken advantage of, to be burnt and discarded. We will do right by ourselves!