Happy New Year

Recipe for a Happy New Year

Take twelve whole months
Cleanse them thoroughly of all bitterness, hate and jealousy,
Make the as fresh and clean as possible.

Now cut each month into 28, 30 or 31 equal but different parts,
Don't make up a whole batch at once,
Prepare it one day at a time out of these ingredients...

Mix well into each day on part faith,
One part of patience and one part of courage,
And one part of work.

Add to each day one part of hope,
Faithfulness, 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,
Add a cupful of good humor.

Pour all this into a vessel of love.

Cook thoroughly over radiant joy, garnish with a smile,
And serve with quietness, unselfishness and cheerfulness.
Follow this recipe closely and you are bound to yield a Happy New Year.

The new year lies before us like a blanket of new fallen snow....
Be careful how you tread on it for every mark will show.