Recipe for Meeting New People
Ingredients
· At least one person (but the more the better)
NB. You need to not know this person already
· A mind
· A smile
· A heart (the bigger the better)
· Some bravery
Method
1. Open the mind.
2. Use the bravery to approach the one or more people that you don’t know.
3. Apply a smile liberally across the face
4. If step 3 has not worked repeat steps 1-3 again as many times as necessary
5. Welcome the one or more people into your heart
6. This needs to take place somewhere where you can both meet
By Brent
Recipe for Living in London
Ingredients:
· 1 oyster / or a bike
· A tonne of patience
· 1 A to Z
· A pinch of craziness
· A sanctuary
· 4 rechargeable batteries
Method:
A work in progress – mix all of the above ingredients in varying amounts according to taste, mood and disposition
By Fabio and Elia
Recipe for Romance
Ingredients:
·
1 Full moon
·
A well-suited couple
·
12 hours of moonlight
·
Pinch of silence
·
1 shining rain
Method:
Marinade the full moon with 12 hours of moon light. Add the
pinch of silence and sift. Wait until set and add the well-suited couple and
stir for 10 minutes before adding the shining rain to perfect.
By Frank and Lily
Ingredients:
·
One or more people
·
A few memories, thoughts and ideas
·
Open minds
·
Closed eyes (as per your choice)
·
A relaxed atmosphere
·
Some essence of playfulness
Method:
Open one room of relaxed atmosphere and add one or more
people. Ensuring eyes are sealed instill them with open minds and allow
memories thoughts and ideas to mix together infused with the essence of
playfulness
By Sam and Kaustubh
Recipe for a Good Night’s
Sleep
Ingredients:
·
A comfy pillow
·
Your favourite cover
·
A toy to cuddle
·
Lots of dark
·
A busy productive day
Method
Prepare your room to a good temperature. Add fluffy pillows
to taste. Set aside your busy day. Lay your cover over your bed. Lightly mix in
dark until the room is at desired level. Add cuddly toy. Rest until morning.
Repeat next evening.
By Anton and Louis
Recipe for Not Knowing
Ingredients
·
5 days of disconnection from the internet
·
A cooking project
·
A sheet of plain paper and pens
·
A bottle of red wine
Method
1.
Disconnect the internet.
2.
Pour a glass of wine.
3.
Get ingredients together for your cooking
project.
4.
Pour negative ideas onto paper.
5.
Pour another glass of wine.
6.
Cook.
7.
Get the last bit of negativity on paper.
8.
Eat
By Jade and Sue
Recipe for Patience
Ingredients:
·
A large pinch of perspective
·
A bunch of lavender
·
2 ears of a supportive friend/partner/family
member
·
5 deep breaths
·
A long pause
Method:
Take 5 deep
breaths and gently fold in a long pause until soft. Add the perspective and
infuse with lavender. When ready bend the ears of your friend/partner/family
until a sense of calmness floods into your whole being.
By Sue and Corinne
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· For sanity
& patience when sharing one's home with one's other half
· For a good
normal relationship with a landlord
· For
becoming independent and single
· For how to
spend the Sunday evening before Monday morning
· For sorting
out what's important
· For finding
Mr Right
· For a happy
life
· For a happy
home
· For world
peace
· For
learning to switch off
· For
preserving dignity
· For waking
up early and being awake
· For a good
marriage
· For being
yourself
· For
contentment
· For dealing
with my boss
· For getting
out of a sulk
· For
eradicating ground elder from the garden
· For
laughing in the face of old age
