Life Lessons with Lindsay

I have a tendency to act on impulse. I like to say that it keeps things interesting, but in all reality, it keeps things hectic. You never know when I will get a wild hair up my butt (classy, I know) to buy chickens, paint a room, or take my first stab at sourdough starters. Tonight happened to be the sourdough starter night. 😬

After making chicken Caesar sliders at my daughter’s request and no bake chocolate oatmeal cookies at my son’s request and cleaning the kitchen, I finally sat down to relax. But all it took was one sourdough video and I was back up. I roped Sweet Cheeks into helping and she insisted that we name our starter. I recommended Patricia, but she went straight to Galinda in recognition of our excitement over the upcoming release of Wicked: For Good. We had the discussion about if it fails and she decided we would just add another “a” and call the new one Gaalinda. And just like that, we became sourdough people. Or did we?!

We sat back down and I then began to read about how to feed it and cook with it. I realized soon after that sourdough is an obligation that takes work. As a matter of fact, I have been laying in bed for two hours reading about how to care for my starter, what all I can cook with it and whether it has digestive benefits if I use the recipes that call for adding commercial yeast. Needless to say, these are things that all should have been researched prior to mixing and naming Galinda. But…..here we are.

My lack of planning and impulsivity is not the endearing quality I wish it was. As a matter of fact, I would even say it often has the opposite effect. There are many times that Big Daddy has to tell me to slow my roll. There are also times that he just goes with it knowing that reversing it will be his job later. Either way, he tolerates it pretty well all things considered. But let me get where I am going in this thought process so you can go make and name your sourdough starter too. (Patricia is still available).

I am of the opinion that sometimes impulses are just passing ideas. But sometimes they aren’t. Sometimes they are a step, maybe even a push, into a new way of life. Acting on every impulse is not a good thing, but a willingness to act on some could pivot your life onto the perfect path without you realizing it at the time. Now I am not saying that Galinda the sourdough will change us for the good (see what I did there) but there have been so many “coincidental” moments in my life that have changed my trajectory.

As I have gotten older, I have come to recognize that while some of these moments are just me being impulsive, some are divine intervention. I have learned to try to live life with my eyes and ears wide open, alert to what God would direct me to each day. When He tells me to change trajectory, burdens me to speak to someone outside of my normal group or not go to a specific place, acting on impulse may be the exact thing to do.

The rest of the world may not understand. Those closest to you may question your reasons. But discernment and a willingness to do things that don’t always make sense could lead you down the perfect path. It could also lead you to committing to feeding a bacterial growth daily. Either way, you could be changed for the better.

Remain open and willing to go against the grain. Let me know how that works out for you and I will let you know how Galinda is doing. ❤️