Start Your Day With Kind Words And A Smile

"If You Don't Like Yourself, You Can't Like Other People." Lazurus Long

Affirmations are a good thing. There is nothing like hearing wonderments about oneself even if you are the only one saying them. I'm in love with a wonderful guy (girl) myself:O) Getting up in the morning and starting the day saying something nice to yourself and about yourself is a good thing. Start your day with kind words to yourself and a smile.

A Smile

A smile cost nothing but gives much. It enriches those who receive, without making poorer those who give. It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes last forever. None is so rich or mighty that they can get along without it, and none is so poor but that they can be made rich by it. A smile creates happiness in the home, fosters goodwill in business, and is the countersign of friendship. It brings rest to the weary, cheer to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad and it is nature's best antidote for trouble. Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed or stolen, for it is something that is of no value to anyone until it is given away. Some people are too tired to give you a smile. Give them one of yours, as none needs a smile so much as the one who has no more to give.
Today I wish you a cookie and a smile, recipe for cookie below:O)

Smile Cookies ( To be passed around the office, the neighborhood, the classroom etc...)

1/2 cup of butter, softened
1 cup of sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup of milk
1/2 tsp of vanilla
2 1/4 cups of all purpose flour
2 tsp of baking powder
1/2 tsp of salt
1/2 ground cinnamon

Cream together butter and sugar. Add egg, milk, vanilla; beat well. Stir in flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon, blend well. Divide in half. Cover and chill for 1 hour or more. On lightly floured surface , roll each half to 1/8 inch thickness for thin cookies or 1/4 inch for thick. Cut in desired shapes with cookie cutters. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 7 to 8 minutes for thin, or 10 to 12 minutes for thick. Smile, Share and Enjoy.

Malama Pono
The Geek Mom