10.3.10

Monastery Mustard

Despite my extreme aversion to and disgust for large quantities of homogenous edible things, this story on a group of Benedictine Sisters is pretty wonderful. These ladies had a recipe for mustard and decided that it was so good that they could turn it into a business and use the proceeds to help out their community. It goes to show you that a simple idea founded on generosity and a strong work ethic can lead to wonderful, cool and inspiring things.

I've been thinking a lot lately about my ability to make a difference in people's lives and my place in the world. And there have been a lot of stories like this coming out lately about ordinary people with big hearts who focus their energy on something they're good at, market themselves well, and either give back to or promote causes that are close to them. I don't think I'm all that good at anything but if these badass Sisters can run an awesome business and help people in need, it's only a matter of time before I figure out what to do. Plus, I guess you don't need to invent something crazy or become President to make other people's lives better. You can do it with something as simple as mustard. So I guess if you've ever wanted to make big changes in the world and didn't think you could, you should watch this. Because we all can, and it made me feel a lot better too.

Monastery Mustard

On a nerdy/weird/stupid note, I never knew that you used a blowtorch to shrink wrap the plastic seals on jarred products. I was so excited to see the nun with the blow torch. If I were on the Mustard assembly line, this would be my job. And I would love it. Fire rules.