REFLECTIONS: YOUR LIFE'S RECIPE

 
Ingredients:

cups of dreams
tablespoons of challenges
pinches of laughter
handful of tears
tight hugs
true friends
doses of courage
liters of love

Preparation:

In a large bowl, mix dreams with challenges,
mixing well until a homogeneous mass is formed.
Add pinches of laughter,
ensuring they spread throughout the mixture.
Little by little, incorporate the tears,
allowing the dough to become lighter and more malleable.
Add tight hugs and true friends,
mixing carefully so as not to break it.
Pour the dose of courage,
essential to give flavor and consistency to the recipe.
Finally, add the liters of love,
stirring gently until everything is well incorporated.

Serving:

Serve life in generous portions
accompanied by smiles and gratitude.
Decorate with unforgettable moments
and sprinkle with pure pleasure.

check the recipe once
then do your own thing --
salt is the key
to make a meal sing

a cup and a dash
is the basic design
but sometimes a dish
calls for copious wine

and one must comply
if she is to eat

the night is still young

so...bon apetitt

To make your basic roux      
from which all your dishes        
will spring.1st a verb or two      
add nouns and adjectives        
       
To taste, let those age  
on the bone for a year
or five and make sure
to top up with nouns to  
       
keep your Roux alive.
Stir constantly or it will
stick to the side you
need a consistency        

just so. Take a sample        
Sometime and throw it      
at a wall or person if it      
sticks it's ready for use      

collect adjectives that      
Folk use in everyday talk      
these will add flavour to      
the basic roux, these can      

be simmered for a hundred          
Year or more. Use at will.      
but caution, some are very      
strong and may spoil the      

broth. Timely punctuation        
Of your basic roux may give      
more meaning to the flavour        
but once again caution you      

may confuse some who      
Have no sense, of, taste!      
A pinch of reality, the scent      
of fear folded in and rolled        

out with imagination shaken      
On top and then pricked to      
impart a pretty pattern. Here,    
don't overdo the decoration    

of your dish, a little goes a    
Long way and may age well    
if not some natural colouring    
and, perhaps, a swirl of cream    

to taste, a drop of brandy in    
The mix, for that surprise en flambe?    
En, Voilà, a dish fit to make      
all your future creations, sweet or    
sour, your basic roux?