Bad fish

Yesterday was the first time I destroyed dinner. Up until this point, everything I have cooked has turned out. Of course, some things were delicious and some things were just OK, but yesterday was just bad.

I decided to make salmon, like I have many times before. Several months back I found a recipe on Pinterest to make it in the oven and it has been fool proof.

Unfortunately, last night I misjudged the size/thickness of our fish and when the buzzer went off on the stove I got to pull out some shriveled filets. That was not the plan.

Technically they were still edible, but when you had visions of a delicious piece of salmon, the dried out version I had to serve was not even close to living up to expectations.

Thankfully everything else I cooked turned out exactly as it should have, and it kind of made up for the disappointing fish.

This fish story kind of seems like a metaphor for my life right now. I can go forward with all the right intentions and there is always going to be room for things to not live up to expectations. Mistakes will happen and failures are an inevitable part of life. 

The beautiful thing is that just because something doesn’t work out according to plan, doesn’t mean everything is a no good. There are still good things going on and a mishap shouldn’t take away from them. Much like the quality of our salmon didn’t take away from the side dishes. 

Sometimes you just have to push forward and find the good amongst the bad.