Carry out...

Typically I only like eating at places that have food that I can’t make, or it’s too time consuming to do at home.  Chinese food is one of the few things I don’t mind going out to eat.  I like most Americanized Chinese and all the un-Americanized Chinese food.  I also like the statues that often adorn the end of the counter.

Like Buddha,

Or Cai Shen

Or even…

So I asked my Chinese Cultural Consultant what a cat represents.  I was told very simply that that isn’t a cat, it’s a bear... 

“Huh”, I said “but it looks like a cat”

“Nope, It’s a bear.”

Then it occurred to me, why am I arguing.  Why can’t I accept that is a bear? Bears have significance in feng shui, cats don’t.   

You know, my kids do the same thing to me all the time.  I say something that I know is true, and they disagree.  I had though that it was just because they are kids; maybe not.  I’ve always joked that I’ve gotten older, but haven’t grown up.  Guess that’s truer than I thought.