Recipe for a Happy New Year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anonymous
Take twelve fine, full-grown months; see that these are thoroughly free from old memories of bitterness, rancor and hate, cleanse them completely from every clinging spite; pick off all specks of pettiness and littleness; in short, see that these months are freed from all the past—have them fresh and clean as when they first came from the great storehouse of Time. Cut these months into thirty or thirty-one equal parts. Do not attempt to make up the whole batch at one time (so many persons spoil the entire lot this way) but prepare one day at a time.
Into each day put equal parts of faith, patience, courage, work (some people omit this ingredient and so spoil the flavor of the rest), hope, fidelity, liberality, kindness, rest (leaving this out is like leaving the oil out of the salad dressing— don’t do it), prayer, meditation, and one well-selected resolution. Put in about one teaspoonful of good spirits, a dash of fun, a pinch of folly, a sprinkling of play, and a heaping cupful of good humor.
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I did it! I have posted each day for the whole month of December 2011. Bowing and waiting for a clapping of hands. lol
I know I said I wouldn’t do it but I did. I just got back from the store. I had to get cornbread mix as I am cooking some beans with the ham bone from Christmas. And everyone knows you can’t have beans without cornbread.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all, my blogging friends, for staying with me, many of you for almost 7 years, through my happy times and my sad times. May God Bless you all with a healthy, happy New Year. I was going to put prosperous in that sentence, but, you know what, I learned long ago that health and happiness are so much more important than wealth. I will see you all again next year.
xoxox
Beth
