A Recipe for life

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elizabeth evans Aug 18, 2009, 5:49am UTC

Fine recipe for living.

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Marsha C. Aug 18, 2009, 10:42am UTC

great read

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Marilyn M. Aug 18, 2009, 6:03pm UTC

Very well done!

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Loretta E. Sep 19, 2009, 2:51pm UTC

Very nice

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Gary (The Eclectic) Timothy Sep 20, 2009, 11:03am UTC

Thank you Elizabeth, Marsha, Marilyn, and Loretta for stopping by and reading and commenting! :-)

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Debra C. Sep 23, 2009, 11:56am UTC

Nicely done. It is uplifting to see cause and effect rendered in the positive.

Gary (The Eclectic) Timothy Sep 23, 2009, 4:09pm UTC

Thank you, Debra! Yeah, I thought the switch from "as ye sow, so shall ye reap" to "as ye reap, so should ye sow" just seemed to fit nicely in this case. :-)

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David P. Sep 25, 2009, 4:01pm UTC

Excellent recipe. Julia Child and Rachel Ray, listen up now. This is a true recipe of life.

Gary (The Eclectic) Timothy Sep 25, 2009, 4:20pm UTC

:-) Thank you, Sir - I do appreciate the sentiment!

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Lilith Dorsey Sep 29, 2009, 7:35pm UTC

fantastic...words 2 live by.

Gary (The Eclectic) Timothy Sep 29, 2009, 10:35pm UTC

Thank you, Lilith! Glad you stopped by. :-)

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G.M. Jackson Oct 1, 2009, 12:31am UTC

Well if that doesn't get you a date on Saturday night, nothing will. Very well done.

Gary (The Eclectic) Timothy Oct 1, 2009, 1:22am UTC

Apparently it's not THAT well done,... cuz I'm still dateless. :-)

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Ruthi C. Oct 3, 2009, 12:11am UTC

Gary, you have cooked up a LOVEly recipe! I could visualize each tender moment of the season - perfect!

Gary (The Eclectic) Timothy Oct 3, 2009, 1:27am UTC

Thank you Ruthi! Coming from YOU that is high praise indeed!!

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sunil m. Oct 9, 2009, 2:04pm UTC

Gary,...A great Cheff you are,.The world needs more Cheffs like you who can cook up more such recipes and make it a better place to live.

"And as ye reap, so should ye sow'.

Gary (The Eclectic) Timothy Oct 9, 2009, 4:16pm UTC

Thank you, Sunil! I guess chefs like us will have to stick together and spend more time in the kitchen, eh? :-)

sunil m. Oct 10, 2009, 8:13am UTC

Very true....Gary...."Live and Love, and Plant and Grow,".I need to my little bit here and now..in the Kitchen...
There have been many who have their mark on earth....One of my most..loved person and a model in my life has been Mother Teresahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa

Some Quotes
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/mothertere131833.html

Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.

If you want a love message to be heard, it has got to be sent out. To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.

I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world.

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Korak 257 Oct 14, 2009, 10:43pm UTC

wow,
That is very good...I see that you know how to spell sow. That is a ten in my book.
I do not think that I'm at your level of writing so far...oooh. There is more to come.

Gary (The Eclectic) Timothy Oct 14, 2009, 11:02pm UTC

Ha! Thanks, Korak!

Ahh,... but I believe there are different levels of writing that are not to be equated with one another. Different, not better or worse,... just different. :-)

Korak 257 Oct 14, 2009, 11:44pm UTC

True , I believe it is also how well our mind sees or perceives what we like to tell. it is also how well we can make the reader relax in a comfort zone of enjoyment. And is that not what we want to do? So some is the skill of describing in words that is super kool. You have that. I have been typing my fingers off since we started our talk. There are some reads that make me skip not being very well written. I like it when I read feeling the writer's brush strokes of his piece of art..and it is an art form..I am lost in the words written.

Gary (The Eclectic) Timothy Oct 17, 2009, 3:03pm UTC

I do thank you for your kind words. I do try to keep the reader in mind when writing. Some of my work, not all mind you, is written in a very informal way and I try to write as if I were actually talking to the reader. My highschool teachers didn't like that style, but curiously, all of my friends seemed to like it. So, it's the readers that are most important to me, not critics or editors.

Korak 257 Oct 17, 2009, 3:07pm UTC

well, you have the talent..and I cannot see what the teachers did not see ?
You write in a style that I want to be my own.....critics,lol

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Jules who is loving life again Oct 18, 2009, 2:11am UTC

wonder of a reciepe
use it often
and kindness will grow
thoughout the seeds scattered

Gary (The Eclectic) Timothy Oct 19, 2009, 6:34pm UTC

Indeed, more folks should scatter some seeds of kindness! Thanks for sowing your kind words!

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Anita D. Oct 20, 2009, 1:51am UTC

You kept both the rhythm and felling of growth. It can be applied to a watermelon seed, emotion or life in general. Lovely on many levels.

Gary (The Eclectic) Timothy Oct 20, 2009, 5:47pm UTC

Yep, ya got it for sure! This one came fairly easily for me, but since then I've always had to write and rewrite and edit, etc. I have lots of what I think are good ideas but can't quite get them down on paper just right.

Gary (The Eclectic) Timothy Oct 20, 2009, 5:50pm UTC

Oh, for goodness sakes, where are my manners?? THANK YOU for the compliment!!

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Marilyn is looking for whatever there is. N. Oct 20, 2009, 10:22am UTC

Gary,

You've just touched hearts all over on here and you know that tends to spread in life. It will in mine. I will take your words and sow them wherever and whenever I can.

Thank you -- I read your tagline, Inspiration has struck.

Marilyn