What's Your Recipe?

 

Who are you? 

I am not talking about some ethereal, cosmic description of who you are.  I am talking about the ingredients that create the recipe masterpiece that is you. 

Where did these ingredients come from?  Who influenced you? 

The real-life people in your life, who you know, who have shaped who you are.  The real-life people who you don't know but who you can relate to.  And, the fictitious characters who you have gotten to know through pop culture, who you can see yourself in their reflections. 

The easy, off the top of your head answers, are family members and friends. Dig deeper.  Who gave you your ingredients? 

Here's my list and why they made it...

My Dad - His ability to love, connect and care. 

My Mom - Keeping things grounded. 

Cindy Leighton - Getting me into radio. 

Pat Ryan - My theater TA who told me that natural talent only goes so far. 

Alan Watts - For looking at life as not a journey with a destination but a song to dance to. 

Jack Kerouac - Giving meaning to "the road." 

Ernest Hemingway - Adventurist. 

Robert Frost - Making words come alive. 

Ernest Shackleton - To explore without fear (his whisky is a close second). 

Doug Coughlin - Psychology at the bar. 

Tony Stark - Strength with insecurities (genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist all are in there as well). 

Don Draper - The art of advertising. 

Walter Mitty - To dream. 

Kenny Chesney - To remember what it's like to take your shoes off. 

Coach Eric Taylor - To coach a team to realize their full potential. 

And finally, my wife...who I have found...has a little bit of everyone else. 

What's cookin' with you?