A simple process I have come to love. I am able to give something I create to someone. Maybe it will brighten their day, or even give them an extra boost. Whatever the need may be for drink, I am able to meet it.
This is something that I find so great about working at a coffee shop, the interaction with people. The creation of drinks. The fact that I am able to give something back to someone.
However, through this I am aware that there are different styles of working the hot bar. i have my own style and someone else has theirs too. And when someone comes into handle my bar, it just gets under my skin. I don't mind their assistance, honestly. But when it comes down to them assisting with my mess, the end of the drink I just made, and my milk/foam it just gets under my skin. The reason for that? I don't know.
Somehow I feel like it relates to my Spanish. Hmm... For example, if you begin to look at the drink as if it was my dream there are some similarities. Someone who comes over to the bar and tries to help me finish the drink or "dream" I have started, and then tells me it is not right and their ways is better. NO, HELL, NO! I know that my drink is good, just the same as I know my dream is from God and is good. I know that I am making it right, like I know that I am going about learning spanish the right way. I don't need you to tell me what I am like as a barista. And I don't need you to tell me what I am like as a Spanish speaker. No, because I know that I am a dam good barista and a dam good Spanish speaker. So what if it takes a little longer for my drinks to come out and the same with the time it takes to learn the language. And why do you care if the process is a little messy for both, becuase the end product is and will be exactly what it needs to be. A tastefull delight!
I know who I am.
I know what I am good at.
I know what I am weak at.
But more importantly, I know that I am who God has called me to be and doing what he has called me to do.
So... Back off, my bar.
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