Recipe for Love

Ingredients

2 Hearts Full of Love
2 Heaping Cups of Kindness
2 Armfuls of Gentleness
2 Cups of Friendship
2 Cups of Joy
2 Big Hearts Full of Forgiveness
1 Lifetime of Togetherness
2 Minds Full of Tenderness

Method

Stir daily with Happiness, Humor and Patience.
Serve with Warmth and Compassion, Respect and Loyalty.

~ Author Unknown ~



Another Recipe for Love

Ingredients

1/2 a cup of Affection
A pinch of cuddles
3 tablespoons of pure sweetness
A great big kiss

Method

Dim the lights then mix them very slowly together.


I have a little recipe that isn't hard to make
But you must always start as soon as you awake.
Take a great big mixing bowl and fill it with a smile
Mix half a cup of sunshine with good deeds to last a while.
Add a pinch of work and play, a pinch of thoughtfulness and care
But don't bake it in the oven, just spread it around everywhere.


A smile is a free gift, you can give to anyone anytime.


Recipe For Happiness

Take twelve whole months, cleaning 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 the whole batch at once. Prepare it one day at a time out of these ingredients. 

Mix well into each day 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, faithfulness, generosity and meditation and one good deed. Season the whole with a dash of good spirits, a sprinkle of fun, a pinch of plan and a cupful 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. 

~Author Unknown~


Recipe for a happy marriage

1 cup consideration
2 cups praise
1 small pinch of in-laws
1 teaspoon contentment
1 gallon of patience
2 tablespoons flattery
1 cup encouragement
a dash of faith and trust

blend well. Sweeten with generous portions of love.  Keep warm with a steady flame of passion.  Serves 2.


Recipe for Happiness Cake

Take a couple of good deeds,
a measure of thoughtfulness, 
a heaping tablespoon of consideration,
a sizable portion of forgiveness and mix 
thoroughly with tears of joy and seeds of faith.
Blend daily into your life, baked with the warmth of love, served with a blessing and a smile to make a life full of peace and happiness.


From "A Victorian Grimoire" by Patricia Selsco, as quoted in the newsletter of The Fragrant Garden, Erina, N.S.W. Australia.