Virtues...

Have you ever wanted something to happen so bad that waiting for it felt like you were going to die or possibly experience a small hernia?  I absolutely hate waiting for things, for people, for days to pass, I was probably the most impatient person that ever existed, until I decided to try and change.  key word: TRY.  I did try and have been trying and it is trying me.  You see I am the type of person that will get so excited about something and so gung-ho that I cannot possibly fathom having to wait for it to happen and if I do indeed have to wait (which happens to be 99.9% of the time) then I lose all motivation and ambition and decide I don't want to wait and if I have to then it means it was never going to happen in the first place...Uhhh WRONG!  

That may sound like one of the most ignorant thoughts in the world and you may be saying "C'mon, haven't you heard that all good things are worth waiting for", and in return I would say to you "I'm sure they are but I'm not willing to find out".  I have since made a change and I am trying this whole "waiting" thing, I guess its not so bad if you like being in agony every waking moment, but no biggie :D 

I will just have to cope and really believe that "patience is a virtue", I just have to remind myself that the longer I wait the more joyful and excited and blessed I will feel when what I'm waiting for actually happens.  There are so many ways we can practice being patient and sooo many ways we show our impatience.  At the end of the day I would like to be one of those people that stood out, while I'm waiting in line somewhere and its apparent that everyone else around me is glaring at the sales clerk, I will be the one who smiles at her and asks her how her day is going.  You just never know what being kind and patient can do for somebody and also you never know when God is testing you, which by the way is all the time, I would rather learn how to deal with this now then regret not doing it when I'm older.  

My wish is that we all would strive to be more patient, more kind, more compassionate and more loving with each other, as that famous country song goes, "I'm in a hurry to get things done, oh I rush and rush until life's no fun, all I really gotta do is live and die, but I'm in a hurry and don't know why."  Lets not mimic these lyrics.  Bidding you all a farewell and goodnight till tomorrow of course!

Warm Regards,

Candace

Mock Chicken Pot Pie

Filling:

3 TBSP of butter

2 cups cooked chicken, diced

1 cup mushrooms, sliced

3 stalks of celery, diced

7 green onions diced

8-9 green olives, chopped

dash of sea salt, pepper, garlic powder, chicken seasoning

1 TBSP of flour

1 cup chicken stock

1 cup of heavy whipping cream

Crust:

1/2 cup of almond flour (or almonds ground in a food processor)

2 eggs

dash of sea salt, pepper, garlic powder

1/4 cup of butter

For filling saute celery and onions with butter until soft then add cream, chicken, mushrooms, stock, flour and seasonings bring to a boil then pour in a glass pan

For crust mix all ingredients then spoon on top of filling and bake on 400 degrees for 30 minutes, Enjoy :D