leave it be

i have friends.  and then i have a friend.  she has taught me many things.  most of them without even thinking about it.  today i am making fried potatoes.  and it always makes me smile.  i've been making fried potatoes for over 20 years.  and they always stuck and made a mess.  i even started making the oven fried ones instead because of that very reason.  but one day she said, "leave them alone" when i was stirring away.  messing with them.  working to not make them stick. turns out, they just need to sit in the pan and cook and be stirred only a few times.  then they are crispy and delicious inside and out.  what a life lesson.  leave it be. don't micro manage.  don't stir things that don't need stirred.  relax.  rest.  let things happen in their time and as they should.  i've learned a lot from simple little things like that.  she should write a book.
blessings.