The Secret Ingredient

Nov 5, 2009 by winjaw

“To make something special, you just have to believe it’s special … There is no secret ingredient”

I hate it when someone comes up with a profound statement – primarily because I didn’t come up with it first.

What’s more frustrating is when the Sons of Thunder pop out those deep thoughts.  The only solace is at least I made them. Okay, so the Little Black Dress helped too.

These little “ah ha” moments come at really weird times. Like when you’re watching a movie involving a giant panda and a goose that’s somehow the panda’s father.  It’s a movie, okay?

And it’s the goose/father – a cartoon character no less – with today’s lesson. It hit me so hard I made the Sons rewind. Of course the Sons just give me that “oh Dad” look and recite it back to me. In unison. With all the appropriate gestures and inflections.

Some people watch movies too much. 

There is no secret ingredient.

There, I said it. Okay, so the goose said it, but I’m writing about it so I’m getting some credit out of all this somehow.

There is no secret ingredient.  It’s all about attitude. You have to believe. And the greatest thing we can do for our children, other than teach them about God, is to instill that belief in themselves.

Kids seem to have it early. Ask the Sons of Thunder – of course they can fly off the roof of the house.

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And it’s not really a secret. It’s spelled out repeatedly in the best-selling book of all time.

We are the secret ingredient, provided we follow the path He has laid out before us.  Trying to find a secret ingredient elsewhere is “meaningless – like chasing the wind” as a wise king said in Ecclesiastes.

Not enough? Listen to the goose:

“The secret ingredient of my Secret Ingredient Soup … The secret ingredient is … Nothing.”

Sometimes an animated goose is pretty smart.

We waste our time seeking some “secret” secret ingredient, yet look in the wrong place.  We make it too hard.

All we have to do is believe. Believe in ourselves and our creator.

There is no secret ingredient.