Sharpening Your Knife -- Your Life

Which is more dangerous -- A dull knife or a razor sharp knife? If you guessed sharp knife you are absolutly correct. A dull knife will slip when you try to cut. Whenever I pick up a knife, I make sure I run it over a steel to hone the edge just a little more. For more info on steeling your knife click here.

What about cutting say a tomatoe without cutting your fingers. I learned from the first time I cut something in the kitchen to always curl you fingers under and use your knuckles as a guide. For proper knife handling click here.

What about our lives? Sometimes my life feels dull and needs a good sharpening. But how can I 'steel' my life, what tool or tools can I use when my life needs just a little sharpening. Here's what I'm learning to do.

1. Work-out, ah, the pain of getting up and lifting weights, running or excerising - yuk. Afterwards though, I feel good, like now, two good days of workout.


2. Read, learn something new, exciting. Give the brain a run over the steel.


3. Do something different. Go hiking, take a boat to Catalina, Drive to the Grand Canyon, somewhere different.


4. Give yourself an adrenlin rush. Hanglde, Waterski, Bungee jump, drive a go cart, shoot a pistol -- walk down Avenida Revolution in Tijuana (maybe it's safer to just swim with sharks)

You get the idea. Growth is change, sharpening our lives makes change easier. Well thanks for reading, I think I'll go slice a tomatoe or limes or something...