the recipe

how funny it is
this world that we live in.
we often wander about,
bumping into others,
giving little thought to
the influence that we impose on others.

each of us is the sun of our own solar system.
each of us is the mitochondria of our own cell.
each of us is the nucleus of our own atom.

everytime that one comes in contact with another person
an impression is deposited.
an influence is withdrawn.
that is,
unless you are inert.

we have a strange influence on each other in this life.
one can influnce positively.
one can influence negatively.
one can be a virus or a vitamin.

for example:
for a long time in my life
i felt guilty for the people in my life that i influenced
to smoke marijuana.
i enjoyed smoking pot and i always
extolled its benefits of enjoyment among my peers.
i puffed.
i passed.
i regretted.
never did anything positive ever come from
my sharing of herb with my friends.
some of my friends are doing seriously hard drugs now.
unless you consider hitting rock bottom a benefit,
i have caused more harm than good.
i was a virus.

another example:
for a long time in my life
i felt redemption for the people in my life that i influenced
to quit smoking tobacco.
i enjoyed smoking cigarettes, cigars, and tobacco pipes
and i always extolled its benefits of enjoyment
among my peers.
i puffed.
i passed.
i quit.
never did anything negative ever come from
influencing my friends to quit smoking.
some of my friends have influenced others to quit as well.
we are all stronger and faster and smell much better,
and that is the shit.
i was a vitamin.

both examples were in my lifetime.
both were on different legnths of my biorhythm.
a biorhythm can be compared to ripples
left when a rock skips across the pond.

my mother used to tell me
that there are people that come in
and out of your life all of time.
they all will serve a purpose...

what i used to tell you:
life is a batch of cookies.
the people you meet will be an ingredient,
in the cookie recipe that you call life.
sometimes you have to add ingredients.
sometimes you have to remove ingredients.
remember what ingredients work.
remember what ingredients don't work.
remember you recipe, period.
never stop baking.
you may have to make another type of cookie all together.
you may not recognize the importance of
salt or baking soda
but just because they aren't tasty ingredients solo
they are important to the overall quality;
they still make the cookies good.

aint nothing like some milk
milk goes pretty well with cookies.
i used to drink milk.
milk does the body good,
or so they say.
builds strong bones
and all that jazz...
i am lactose intolerant.
milk also aggravates my allergies.
sometimes things in you life just have to go.

this post is inspired by the follwing ingredients:

Willie Nelson & Julio Iglesias - To all the girls i've loved before

Alli's Soliloquy, "Good or Bad Ripples"

fortune cookies

MY KINGDOM, "King of Bloggers..."

Anonymous commenter, "to be a veteran."

and of course,

Tyler Durden