YES!! That line leaped out at me, too. It's so true. The more careful (hesitant) about pouring we are, the more likely we are to spill. The big, brave JUST DO IT, and do it quickly, wins the day.

This, @owasco, I wouldn't have guessed was you at any time in your life:

I read no books voluntarily, and I stayed quite silent so as not to incur anyone’s wrath or dismay.
I did what I was told

I'm glad you evolved into the outspoken version of the free thinker you've always been. :)

Your dad, a chemistry teacher - you, with advanced degrees in math and science - and yet it's the most rudimentary, fundamental fact of living, FOOD, food prep, cooking, feeding people, something "anyone" could do, but you did it - better than anyone!

Have you read or even heard of the insanely best-selling memoir, "The Glass Castle," by Jeanette Walls? Her mother thought cooking was a waste of time... for weeks now I have been seething, indignant, angry on behalf of that woman's four children, waiting until I simmer down before I write a review (it's an old book, but still selling well, to my amazement).
Now, if you ever write and publish a bio on your Aunt Jane - I'll 5-star that one!