RECIPE:

Equipment needed:

Knowledge heeded (The most important implement).

Your bowl´s your home, be it big or small, be it heart or soul.

Hands & heart to stir all ingredients within your special bowl.

Ingredients:

One good dollop of humble dignity & a pinch of self esteem,

Bags of the ability to play like a child & know how to dream,

A very big portion of smiles & laughter to all you daily meet,

A helping handful offered to everyone living on hardship street,

Throw in loads of cheery greetings & a few of, “May I help you´s?”

Try not to blend in the frowns, the scowling & the short angry fuse,

Stir in some hard work, its results & the joy in its very elaboration,

Never whip nor beat too hard & never with too much deliberation,

Add some words of wisdom & plenty of compassion, kindness & love,

Slowly with care, quietly pour in prayers to the mighty Gods above,

Add a pinch of adventure, a dash of daring & handfuls of simple joy,

Add the above ingredients & you have the recipe for life´s greatest toy.

METHOD:

All you have to do is to stir & blend, but do it soft, long & gently slow,

Bring all ingredients blended together, until they meld & sweetly flow,

Pour your mixture into well buttered mould & bake in an oven warm,

Where all the good feelings gel & take on life´s unique & precious form,

When your dish is done, let settle a while & then eat, enjoy & consume,

Cutting into the recipe of life, releasing scintillating, tempting perfumes,

Partake with joy & share this life that you have made for you & yourself,

Savouring bit by bit, never leaving any crumbs on plate, none on any shelf,

Enjoy every tiny & minute morsel, taste every mouthful & tasty little bite,

This delicious recipe with all its crunchy pieces & the texture so very right,

When your cake is finally finished, consumed, tasted & well & duly eaten,

Make sure you make another with love & joy, well mixed & very truly beaten.