chicken soup

Are You Really That Busy?
"I've got to do that."
"I must do this."
"I cannot go to bed before this is complete."
"There's not enough time in the day."
"I'm so tired."
"There's never an end to it all."
"I never feel complete at the end of my day."
"Where does the day go?"
"What's it all for anyway?"

Does any of this sound familiar?

Actually, I am this kind of person who seldom gives himself a break. However, after reading several essays in The Chicken Soup, my attitude changed.

There¡¯s a passage about cooking in this book. ¡°I¡± always find that whatever Mum cooks tastes good. And ¡°I ¡° notice that every time before Mum cooks, she always went to the fridge to take out a small box with a lock on it, took something out of the box and put what she had taken out into the dishes. ¡±I ¡° think that must be the secret of doing good cooking. But Mum never gave ¡°me¡± the key to the...