What are your hopes for the new year? Here’s some advice that will make you smile! Written in recipe format, it’s a story by an unknown author, about the ingredients for a wonderful year. Enjoy!

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faith, patience and courage
hope, generosity and kindness
prayer, meditation
1 good deed
dash of good spirits
a sprinkle of fun
a pinch of play
a cup full of good humor

Take Twelve Months. Clean them thoroughly of all bitterness, hate and jealousy. Make them just as fresh and clean as possible. Now cut each month into twenty-eight, thirty, or thirty-one different parts, but don’t make up the whole batch at once.

Prepare one day at a time out of these ingredients. Into each day mix one part of faith, one part of patience, one part of courage and one part of work. Add to each day one part of hope, generosity and kindness.

Blend with one part prayer, one part meditation and one good deed. Season the whole with a dash of good spirits, a sprinkle of fun, a pinch of play and a cup full of good humor.

Pour all of this into a vessel of love. Cook thoroughly over radiant joy, garnish with a smile and serve with quietness, unselfishness and cheerfulness. You’re bound to enjoy your year as you partake of it!

Author Unknown


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