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Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “recipe.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!

Having passed 70, I’ve had to tweak my recipe for a successful, satisfying life repeatedly…kinda like for brownies: maybe adding a pinch of chili powder and cinnamon, or vanilla extract, orange extract, chocolate chips (or other chips), nuts, coconut, raisins, etc.

I can do brownies practically blindfolded–but managing Life is more complicated because we’re not born with little Walmart-wrapped manuals tucked in the womb.

As I coast through my Winter season I try to stir, mix, (never beat)–the proper measures of these ingredients:

Faith in Christ

Compassion

Generosity, Gentleness, Grace, Gratitude

Hope, Humor (Laughter)

Kindness

Listening

Mercy

Patience, Praise & Prayer

Resilience

The results aren’t perfect every time…some days they’re a bit burnt around the edges, but I just start over. 

Tomorrow’s efforts might have the aroma of blue-ribbon brownies fresh from the heart♥

©Pilar Brook, 2024

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