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Relationships, Workplace 668 Comments on The Magic of God in a Commercial Kitchen

The Magic of God in a Commercial Kitchen

By Amita Khurana · On January 3, 2017 ·Photography by Leonne Sharkey

It is easy to be caught up in the daily routine of life. Work for me takes over my life as I love my work and find I am constantly busy from the moment I wake to the moment I sleep. There are stop moments, but very few, where I sit and appreciate myself and life. But recently I had a confirmation of how God sends messages to us constantly.

Working in the hospitality trade, we had a very busy week with several functions, events and weddings taking place and, at the same time, we were short of staff. My husband had been supporting the team in the position of chef, as and when required. This was such a week when he was fully in the kitchen, morning till night. I was in great appreciation each time I walked into the kitchen to see the chefs busy preparing food for each different function. On top of that, they had the busy evening restaurant service. This was awesome to see – a full on, busy kitchen and busy restaurant, too.

It was amazing to see how they all had a flow in the way they were working together. There was no shouting or screaming at each other, they were all just taking responsibility for what needed to be done.

It was lovely to see how my husband had stepped into the kitchen to support the team and he just fitted in beautifully. Each time I went in I could feel the sense of calmness and everything running like clockwork. With so many events on that week, I was amazed by how well they were managing.

Rewind to two years ago and the same situation and it was completely different: we had a full kitchen with 5 or 6 chefs screaming and shouting, and a kitchen full of stress. The chefs were constantly on coffee, caffeine, cans of coke and tired all the time.

My husband at that time was not in the kitchen but I could feel the stress and the pressure he was carrying as he was in charge of the kitchen, chefs and what was delivered to our customers. It was a completely different space.

The other night I said to my husband that you really need to appreciate the amazing work you and the team have been doing – I can really appreciate how amazing you all have been, as the days can be long in the kitchen and being on your feet all day long is extremely tiring. I shared with him that I had noticed how calm he was throughout. That through the loving choices he has made for himself, he has therefore offered true inspiration for the rest of the team to also make loving choices and to work in a different ‘energy,’ which they have chosen to align to.

I also shared this is amazing, as a year ago this would not have been the case. This kind of involvement and pressure would have caused anxiousness, anger and frustration. He said he was surprised too, but shared that he felt the changes he has been making in his diet, cutting out dairy and gluten and also going to bed earlier around 9 – 10pm, by listening to his body and cutting out late night chocolates – all these things have given him more energy and vitality in his body. He feels fitter and calmer within himself.

I shared it was a great moment for him to appreciate all the choices he has made, which have not only supported him but have also been a beautiful reflection for the team.

The following day we had a wedding and, as the chefs were serving up the dessert and garnishing it with strawberries, amongst the strawberries they found one that looked like a beautiful heart. When I saw this heart, all I could do was smile. In that moment I could feel the magic of God, a confirmation and message for the kitchen team about how they were working and that it is about true group work in and with harmony.

My husband is a true leader, for he has ‘led’ by living example, which offers the true inspiration for the fellow team members to follow by their own choice. I ‘plated up’ the strawberry for the bride and groom to share the magic too.

The beauty is that there is magic in everything and yet we often do not create enough stops or moments for us to see it . . . thus sometimes it’s in these little things that God will create a stop for us to see.

This is a confirmation that the magic of God is in every moment with the beautiful changes that have taken place in the kitchen.

Thanks to Serge Benhayon and Universal Medicine, my husband and I have been able to bring the simple changes in our lives that have supported not just us, but the team we work with.

Published with permission of my husband.

By Amita Khurana, BSc Honours, Hotel Business Owner, Director, Practitioner/Therapist, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk UK

Further Reading:
Appreciating Men
Life is Truly Magical
Appreciation, Appreciation, Appreciation…
Appreciation in relationships

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Amita Khurana

Born and raised in London, one of 5 girls. Now living and working in the beautiful country of Suffolk. Living a loving life and running a beautiful county house hotel with my husband. Also working as a beauty therapist and a natural health practitioner. I love the diversity of my work as it allows me to connect with many people. My travels have taken me far and wide to North and South America, India, Europe and South Africa. The most beautiful feeling that nothing can beat is coming home to myself and being content with where I am.

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668 Comments

  • Mary Adler says: March 8, 2020 at 3:36 pm

    How many Magic of God messages do we miss when we are too ‘busy’?

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  • LE says: August 26, 2019 at 5:15 am

    Truly every moment is opportunity to connect to God and to feel his love, when we open our hearts his messages become loud and clear.

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  • Greg Barnes says: May 16, 2019 at 8:59 am

    When the stress is taken away the magic that we are surrounded by becoming our Godly way of living as it becomes normal to appreciate the True responsibility that living in a way that supports our evolution.

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  • LE says: February 24, 2019 at 8:19 am

    The more we read what is there to be read the more we are given to read!

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  • Lorraine Wellman says: January 29, 2019 at 7:26 pm

    Everyone loves what you describe, the flow and stillness, how lovely to bring this energy into the hospitality industry.

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  • Steve Matson says: December 31, 2018 at 5:47 pm

    The day is full of confirmations from God; we need only to choose and feel what is on offer!

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    • Rachel Murtagh says: March 27, 2019 at 8:34 pm

      Absolutely Steve… then align, and all gets shown even more clearly.

      Reply
  • Ingrid Ward says: December 9, 2018 at 5:41 am

    I love this everyday example of how the magic of God is always there for us, confirming how we are doing in life. It is also an example of the fact that one part of our life affects every other part; ie, you change something in your personal life and the ripple effect flows on to other parts; in this case, at work. For me, it goes to show that it is actually all one life, work and home are not actually separate, but all part of the one whole.

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  • Natalie Hawthorne says: December 8, 2018 at 4:19 am

    When God communicates to us with little confirmation messages it truly is a precious moment and one not to be taken for granted. Every choice we make as you have beautiful shared with your husband is to appreciate.

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  • Danna Elmalah says: September 21, 2018 at 8:40 pm

    Yes Amita, very inspiring. Showing us that when we allow the magic of God into our lives, and see it for what it shows us, then we actually let in the love we are naturally inside. Gives us more breath and expansion, and by this eternal expansion inside us, we allow the world to come closer to us and allow ourselves to work together with people, truly.

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    • Lorraine Wellman says: January 29, 2019 at 7:29 pm

      Allowing the magic of God into our lives is very beautiful, and welcome, ‘In that moment I could feel the magic of God, a confirmation and message for the kitchen team about how they were working and that it is about true group work in and with harmony.’

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  • Joshua Campbell says: August 19, 2018 at 5:36 pm

    I have noticed recently how it is amazing to take a step back and observe life around, no longer be as attached to it. I became aware of not only more of the ugliness of life but equally saw more of these beautiful messages, indicating, confirming and deeply settling within me that God is everywhere around and within and it is our choice of energetic responsibility or not that determines how aware we are of the fact or not.

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  • Mary Adler says: August 14, 2018 at 2:33 pm

    The magic of God. For those two people strawberries will always remind them of the open-heartedness all around them on their wedding day.

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    • Greg Barnes says: May 16, 2019 at 9:03 am

      Gorgeous Mary as what your description brings is a deeper level of appreciation for our most divine connection.

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  • Ingrid Ward says: July 9, 2018 at 6:57 pm

    When I saw the photo of the strawberry hearts I smiled and then smiled even more when I saw that you had written: “When I saw this heart, all I could do was smile”. Messages like this from God are always there when we are being confirmed in our amazingness, unfortunately though often we are too busy, too distracted and in too much of a hurry to see them. I am so delighted that you weren’t and so received this loving confirmation of what an amazing job you, your husband and your staff are doing.

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  • Jill Steiner says: July 1, 2018 at 6:49 am

    A beautiful sharing Amita, showing how the loving choices we make each day can reflect out to others in our workplace and provide an opportunity for harmonious team work, I love the joy you bring in your appreciation and how life is for you both by making self loving choices.

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  • Rebecca Turner says: May 27, 2018 at 4:01 pm

    I love it when a team comes together in this way focusing on a shared purpose. If we put aside personal gripes and concerns we can be open and available to serve in a way that is true.

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    • Greg Barnes says: May 16, 2019 at 9:12 pm

      True service or we get bitten by the instant-ness of our thoughts as they are catching up with us extremely fast, so yes Rebecca leave anything less than Love out of our thoughts.

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  • Mary Adler says: May 6, 2018 at 12:46 pm

    The magic of God is at play all around us when we open our hearts to see it.

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  • Carola Woods says: April 29, 2018 at 4:33 am

    A powerful reflection is offered here of how even in an industry where working in massive disregard, hardness and abuse is rife, as it is considered the ‘industry standard’, it is possible to work hard but in a loving and honouring way. When we work with love, we work with God and messages of His presence are always there for us to see if we are open to receiving them. A beautiful confirmation of this all Amita and how you both live and work, thank you for sharing.

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  • Sam says: April 21, 2018 at 12:37 pm

    This blog is confirmation of the amazing the big big changes that can happen when we start to make choices that truly support us.

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  • Bryony says: April 19, 2018 at 4:25 am

    This is awesome how the changes you’ve made to your lifestyles mean that it’s completely possible to work in a traditionally stressful environment with harmony as the foundation and not stress. When we make changes to take basic care of ourselves, we offer the reflection for others to do the same- and we bring greater steadiness, focus and clarity to our work and teams.

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    • Ingrid Ward says: December 9, 2018 at 5:45 am

      And when we make those changes in our lives, deepening our care for ourselves, we do not have to preach to others about how amazing it is and that they should try to do the same, as eventually they will clock how we are changing and may be inspired to make some changes too. Of course, that is their choice, one that cannot be forced upon them.

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  • Golnaz Shariatzadeh says: April 19, 2018 at 2:13 am

    What a great confirmation that the level of care and responsibility we put into our own life has an impact on everyone and everything around us. And that we can when we choose live and express from a settled place of love, joy and harmony, it offers the space and inspiration for others to choose the same.

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  • Carolien says: April 16, 2018 at 3:01 am

    I love sharing like these as they are pure evidence to what happens when we make choices in our lifestyle. Not only do we feel better and more vital, our work and relationship benefit immensely as well.

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  • Carolien says: April 16, 2018 at 2:59 am

    Amita you call the changes you both have made simple, and they are, but the consequences are far and wide. I love the inspiration that has been offered by your husband to the team and they can now not only all share in the benefits but pass on to others as well.

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  • Sam says: April 7, 2018 at 4:13 pm

    “It was amazing to see how they all had a flow in the way they were working together. There was no shouting or screaming at each other, they were all just taking responsibility for what needed to be done.”
    What a breath of fresh air! Especially in a kitchen where usually all hell breaks lose. When I was younger I worked in many kitchens and noticed first hand how aggressive and disrespectful people can be to one and other. What we need to remember is this type of energy also goes into the food.

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  • Nattalija says: April 1, 2018 at 9:37 am

    The magic of God is in kitchens, bedrooms, playgrounds and in the most unrelated place you can imagine. There is no limit to where we can be confirmed in our connection with God in every movement. The consistency is there with an unwavering love to confirm us all.

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  • Monika Rietveld says: March 27, 2018 at 5:22 am

    ‘My husband is a true leader, for he has ‘led’ by living example’. You and your husband treated everybody as equal and that is also what true leadership is about: realizing that we are all equal.

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  • Sam says: March 23, 2018 at 6:01 pm

    Gods magic’s is always at play we just simply need to be ourselves and observe what comes to us.

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    • Brigette Evans says: December 31, 2018 at 7:26 am

      The magic of God truly is always at play….a number of years ago I was travelling back from Hawaii, seated in a window seat. As the plane was taxiing away from the gate a beautiful butterfly flew up to my window and landed. Watching this butterfly I felt bathed in God’s love. It was a magical, play-full moment that left me and my heart smiling the whole way home.

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  • Henrietta Chang says: March 18, 2018 at 6:26 am

    When things are in a flow and we can feel the pulse so to speak of a natural rhythm, we know that we are with God and his magic is at play. This is the time to stop and appreciate this deeply, for in those moments we get blessed and it is almost like we get imbued with the magic, and this is then our fuel for the day!

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  • Heather Pope says: March 11, 2018 at 6:07 pm

    True leadership can only ever come from the embodiment and lived experience of the qualities needed in any particular situation.

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    • Amita says: March 26, 2018 at 8:08 am

      Heather I agree, it is with anything it can only come with lived experience and embodiment.

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  • Simon Williams says: March 7, 2018 at 3:28 pm

    The magic of God is all around, and can be found in all sorts of weird and wonderful places – and as unlikely as they may be, all we have to do is be open to them; ready to notice their presence and the little messages and confirmation that abound in the everyday.

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  • Rik Connors says: March 6, 2018 at 11:05 pm

    A powerful sharing Amita through inspiration of making true choices that have a lasting effect on the body naturally supports others to do the same. I have certainly have only ever been truly inspired by feeling another’s energetic state of being.

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  • Gabriele Conrad says: February 20, 2018 at 7:38 am

    The magic of God can easily be discerned and honoured when the body is connected to by clearing and getting rid of what dulls and makes it inert and clumsy, i.e. our lifestyle choices and what we put into our body via food, drink and other substances.

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  • Nico van Haastrecht says: February 15, 2018 at 2:10 pm

    The magic of God can be found in many places when we are open to recognise and see them. But more important is to read the symbology and learn from its teaching it brings to us.

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    • Amita says: February 19, 2018 at 6:23 am

      There is so much more in reading symbology, I am learning more as I read more in my everyday life. It is so beautiful and feels so magical.

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    • Monika Rietveld says: March 27, 2018 at 5:24 am

      Yes, it starts with being aware of how many ‘love letters’ we receive constantly during the day and then reading the message that is there.

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