Our guest today: Po, the Kung Fu Panda
It was Helen's idea to start off with a tea ceremony "If you only do what you can do, you will never be more than you are now." Master Shifu Helen and Rebecca arrived with burnt fingers. From the damn fortune cookies that they decided to make from scratch, paper messages on the inside and all. Brave Panda worriers who overcame everything, even fire! It was my 8-year old who invited the Kung Fu Panda to our dinner table this time round. So Aidan set us all off to China. It struck me that Po the Panda burnt his fingers too, just before he finally realises that he has mastered inner peace! We all have a version of burnt fingers, even though none of us have mastered inner peace yet! And it set us off on a night as simple as this one. A night with just us. Friends, traveling through food, finding meaning in the here and now. Nothing more. Nothing less. To celebrate this meal, we had some new friends over! Which brought new energy and new meaning to our group. Ai...