Defining The Meal

Well, you've all waited long enough.

Though I've been busy elsewhere, this little blog has been sitting alone, in the roaster, you might say, heating up and cooking through-and-through and now it is finally tender. I hope that the picture on Clickety-Clack whet your appetite, because you've been invited to a feast of sorts...a feast for the heart and the mind and the soul, and when you are done, you'll be stuffed with Roast Beefiness, if I do what I came here to do.

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On October 2nd, 2007, I wrote a post called "The Roast Beef Life." That was the first time Roast Beef was mentioned on Clickety-Clack and it was my definition of the thing itself.

I said: "...it is my example of the ultimate life, the way I want to live."

"...how I want to live is thoroughly, hardily, heartily, down to earth, looking to Heaven, strong, purposeful and rich. Not rich like wealthy upper-class people, rich like chocolate. Rich...real. Rich...makes your mouth water because it is so flavorful. The ingredients are perfect. I want to give my best."

And my example was:

"I imagine life like a meal. The way I feel when I eat a cold Sonic corn dog and watered down slush compared to lean roast beef that's cooked to perfection, juicy and delicious with a warm wheat roll and fresh vegetables...all smothered in gravy...each bite followed by a swig of cold black tea."

"I want the happy moments to be absolutely jubilant, the sad moments to be true grief, and everything, the good points and the bad points, the happy and the sad, the day and night, year after year to be thoroughly rich through and through. Have you ever tilled soil with your hand? Warm, moist, dark soil falling through your fingers? Rich.

Have you every looked into the bright eyes of a baby who learns amazing amounts every time she looks another way, her eyes just being opened to another world where she can't help but be fascinated? Pure. The ultimate exploration.

The warmth of your feet on the hearth, your father's hug. Tears that aren't drama, genuine ones that show that someone really cares and is deeply attached. Real."

On December 13th of 2007, I described "The Roast Beef Life" as:

"...My life philosophy and, in a nutshell, (it) means doing everything with your whole heart in it, thoroughly and well."

Through these posts, I hope that you gained some sense of sincerity in my words. These things are things that I honestly want to seek...these words are a vow of sorts that I have made to "The Roast Beef Code." To seek Beauty, Truth, Sincerity, Honesty.

This blog will continue to define The Roast Beef Life and will be doused in examples of it...pieces of it. Come and nibble anytime.