My Recipe
I have a recipe for life,
The best one that I know;
I guarantee the end results . . .
’Twas taught me long ago.
You start by mixing just a dash
Of humor of the day,
And then you add a cheery smile
As you go on your way.
Love’s never out of season
So you can add a large amount,
And I never measure sympathy,
You don’t with things that count.
Toss in a bit of effort
And a lot of nerve and grit,
And hope makes all the difference,
For a thing improves with it.
You stir a bit of kindness in,
Along with patience, too,
And flavor it with gentleness,
Whatever you may do.
And when the sun is setting,
You’ll look back in joy to see,
A worthwhile product of your toil
Within my recipe.
By Grace E. Easley
Grace E. Easley was born on 24 January 1928 in McComb, Mississippi, United States of America, as a daughter of Earl Bickham Easley and Lottie Allred Easley. She retired from the Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center in McComb, where she had been the front desk greeter for many years. She was also a member of the Saint Alphonsus and Saint Teresa Catholic churches. Mrs. Easley was a widely published poet, having had many of her uplifting inspirational poems published in the Silesians series of books, as well as in church bulletins and other publications. Grace E. Easley passed on at 83 years of age on 18 April 2011 in McComb, Mississippi, United States of America.
I have a recipe for life,
The best one that I know;
I guarantee the end results . . .
’Twas taught me long ago.
You start by mixing just a dash
Of humor of the day,
And then you add a cheery smile
As you go on your way.
Love’s never out of season
So you can add a large amount,
And I never measure sympathy,
You don’t with things that count.
Toss in a bit of effort
And a lot of nerve and grit,
And hope makes all the difference,
For a thing improves with it.
You stir a bit of kindness in,
Along with patience, too,
And flavor it with gentleness,
Whatever you may do.
And when the sun is setting,
You’ll look back in joy to see,
A worthwhile product of your toil
Within my recipe.
By Grace E. Easley
Grace E. Easley was born on 24 January 1928 in McComb, Mississippi, United States of America, as a daughter of Earl Bickham Easley and Lottie Allred Easley. She retired from the Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center in McComb, where she had been the front desk greeter for many years. She was also a member of the Saint Alphonsus and Saint Teresa Catholic churches. Mrs. Easley was a widely published poet, having had many of her uplifting inspirational poems published in the Silesians series of books, as well as in church bulletins and other publications. Grace E. Easley passed on at 83 years of age on 18 April 2011 in McComb, Mississippi, United States of America.
