the passion that drives us all..

The passion.. the mere urge to take a step and do something.. with the sole purpose of attaining satisfaction and pure joy out of it.. how often and how many of us actually take that step? I bet, not many.
I'm fond of cooking, especially when its for others, often for the praise, but more often for the mere joy of watching someone get a sweet satisfaction out of eating something they liked, something that i could provide. But mostly, when i'm alone, and its about a routine cooking, to be done for myself, i prefer livng on bread and maggi.. why? Simply because, in a very true sense, firstly, cooking for one person alone never makes too much sense, and second and most importantly, there's no joy or satisfaction in it. You go through all the effort, of preparing a nice decent meal, just to feed yourself? I'm so not ever up for that. Its too much trouble to go for myself.
The thing is.. cooking for me isn't BAU. It isn't something everyone ought to do as a routine, like most Indian moms or housewives do. Its something.. or rather it should be THAT SOMETHING that makes you happy doing it. It should make you feel content, make it all worth the effort, worth a shot! I mean, where is the fun in BAU activities anyways.
Cooking is a passion. I love to do it when i know someone else is gonna love it too. I love to prepare a meal when i know someone else is gonna love eating it. I love to serve and give away food when i know some one is gonna be happy receiving and having it. It's precisely all about knowing what, how and by whom, a dish you prepare, is gonna be eaten, or more like , enjoyed by. Thats the whole purpose behind taking all the time and making all the effort that goes into actually preparing that one dish. I, for one, can't cook just for the heck of it.. just cos i gotta eat everyday.

Wondering, suddenly why am i so passionate about cooking? :)

Well, just finished watching Julie and Julia, and i just fell in utter sheer love with, not just the movie, but the passion that hid beneath it all. It was so intriguing, how julie takes up the challenge of mastering some 500 so recipes in some 300 so days, and actually succeeds in it. Why, simply cos of the passion she had.. for cooking, for blogging, for knowing the fact that people were reading her blogs, that people were connecting to her, that she was able to make something of her BAU life for a change.. and mostly for being like Julia, the real thing! It was a wonderful experience watching it, especially when i could connect to the way she felt about cooking.. not being able to do it just for the heck of it.

And as my blog title says.. It is passion after all, that drives us to do things, crazy stuff sometimes, just because it make us, and someone else out there too, a little or maybe a lil too much happy and content! It is afterall, what drives Julie, me and some others out there to cook, i guess!