How many times have we talked and dreamed about doing something, only to find ourselves doing a whole lot of talking and very little doing? It's fun to imagine something that "might be" or "could be", but without action, it will just never be.
This last week my mom, Grandma Jane, was selected as one of the 100 finalists (out of 10,000 entries) for the 45th Pillsbury Bake Off Contest with her recipe for "Biscuit Corn Cakes with Goat Cheese and Blackberry-Thyme Sauce". The grand prize is $1 million dollars, yes, you read that correctly, $1 million dollars. In late March 2012 she will be flown to Orlando, FL to compete with the other 99 finalists where the contest will be televised on Food Network.
See.......there she is on the finalist list.......Jane Michel from Houston, TX. I am so proud of my mom for achieving this great honor. Not only am I proud that she is such a fabulous, creative cook, but I'm proud of her for entering the contest and going for it!
She and I had talked about entering the bake-off contest for many years. We've dreamed of what we would do with the $1 million dollars and how neat it would be to end up on television. The difference is that, while mom and I did a lot of talking about this, she actually up and DID something to make it happen.
The odds of someone being selected in the top 100 are very slim. Almost so slim that one would think, why even bother entering? But in order to make your dream a reality, you must believe and put your dream into action. Besides, 100 people had to be selected and who's to say that it couldn't be you?
So I guess the point of this blog post is to say that if there is something you have been dreaming about, what are you going to do? Keep dreaming about it or do something about it? Even if the odds are not in your favor, I would suggest the latter.
Congratulations, Mom!
We are so excited for you!!
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