Soup, Anyone?

Boy, my dreamstate is working overtime. Had another one of those lesson dreams the other night. In this one, woohoo, I opened a restaurant. This is great; I love to eat.

In my dream, there were long tables with dozens of medium-sized containers of soup, all waiting to be heated up and served to an unsuspecting public. The space was ready for customers, I had all my ducks (er, soups) in a row, so I opened the doors, and in they came.

We had different kinds of soup. People placed their orders. Then they had to wait. And wait. and WAIT. Oh my, I didn't have anyone to help me - how could I heat up the soup (which was still frozen, oh NOOOO!), take their payment, and keep them happy until they were served?

In the dream, it was all too much, too soon. Too many choices, too much waiting, not enough preparation. I realized I would have to regroup. I decided to simplify and offer a soup and sandwich combo of the day. People would come in, pay, get their soup/sandwich, and sit down to enjoy it. They would bus their table when done. Very smooth, very easy. There are lots of customers out there; the ones who wanted what I had to offer on that particular day would come to my store. The rest would go elsewhere, and there was plenty for everybody.

What I learned: Be prepared. Know your audience. Be flexible, and keep it simple. Also, there's an abundance of everything!

Amazingly, I still like soup.