As I typically utilize the crockpot together with its ceramic pot, I was clueless as to the heat contained in its rim. Over the holidays, I attempted to make mushroom onion sauce in the crockpot in a small disposable metal pan. As I leaned over to retrieve it, my arm brushed against the rim, causing a moment of extreme pain and a burn that still resembles a small portion of that outer rim. A reminder to me of the heat a crockpot possesses and the power it has to inflict pain on humans. A strong message to me about the power I have to hurt or heal, with my inner fire.