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From: pixel8ed@netcom.com (Diane Wenner)
Subject: [Pic/Story] Recipe from Joan Stark (Spunk)
Date: 1996/09/25
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From: spunk1111@juno.com
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 09:30:43 PST
Subject: A Favorite Recipe

For Diane-


       _  _ * R E C I P E   F O R   A   H A P P Y   L I F E * _  _
      ( \/ )                                                 ( \/ )
       \  /                   | /)                            \  /
        \/              TAKE  | /_  WHOLE MONTHS,              \/

 CLEAN THEM THOROUGHLY OF ALL BITTERNESS, RUMORS, HATE, AND JEALOUSY;

       IN OTHER WORDS, MAKE THEM AS FRESH AND AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE.
                     ____________ _____________
                    (____________;=============\
                                  `^^^^^^^^^^^^`
        NOW CUT EACH MONTH INTO 28, 30, OR 31 DIFFERENT PARTS--

             BUT DON'T MAKE UP THE WHOLE BATCH AT ONCE...

             INSTEAD PREPARE IT ***ONE DAY*** AT A TIME.

     MIX WELL EACH DAY:                                   .-.
                                  .-----------------.    (( ))
           ONE PART OF FAITH,    :._________________.:    \ /
                                 |                   |     |
             ONE OF PATIENCE,    |                   |     |
                                 |                   |     |
               ONE OF COURAGE,    \                 /      |
                                   `._____________.'       |
                 ONE OF WORK,                            
 
   ADD ONE PART EACH OF HOPE, FAITHFULNESS, GENEROSITY, AND KINDNESS;
         __
        (__)     BLEND WITH:                                  .:::.
         ||                                   .:::.          [| G |
         ||        ONE PART PRAYER,          [|   |    .:::.  | D |
      #-/__\                                  | P |   [|   |  `---'
        |  |         ONE PART MEDITATION,     `---'    | M |
        |  |                                           `---'
       (@)(@)          AND ONE GOOD DEED.
        `  '
    SEASON THE WHOLE WITH A DASH OF GOOD SPIRIT,  A SPRINKLE OF FUN,
      
              A PINCH OF PLAY, AND A CUPFUL OF GOOD HUMOR.
                                             ._ _____,_
    POUR ALL OF THIS INTO A VESSEL OF LOVE.   \`    =|D)
                                               T    =|^
       COOK THOROUGHLY OVER RADIANT JOY        `-----'
                    (
                      )                GARNISH WITH SMILES
     ____________.---(----.
     `----------|`--------'|         AND SERVE WITH QUIETNESS, 
                |          |
                |          |      UNSELFISHNESS, AND CHEERFULNESS
                 `--------'

              AND YOU ARE BOUND TO HAVE A HAPPY LIFE.

     (artwork by joan stark)                ~ Proverbs 3:6 ~
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-joan
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      ---      `~~=-.  \           /^^^   ...always on the go!
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                     `~. \       /          spunk1111@juno.com
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              jgs        `.=====)
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