Sweet sour spicy and bitter
are our main flavours
those into cooking know
how to enhance such tempting tastes
Or people can become bitter
soured by life they struggle
to see beauty amongst
their hardships and strife
Just as with cooking
we can choose which flavour
we focus our energy on
sweet and spicy are my choices
What’s yours?
Daily Prompt: Bitter
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May 8, 2017 at 10:34 pm
Well said, Kate. Sometimes, I wonder why people are in a cocoon, always rude and complaining – bitter experiences in life. But, bitter experiences are supposed to make them strong and good-natured, not rude, isn’t it? I too prefer sweet and spicy – food or life. I am soft-spoken except when angry – when angry, I burn like red-hot coal 😀
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May 8, 2017 at 10:56 pm
ouch, i can feel it from here … i used to fire up also but have been working on that for years … it’s nicer, easier to be calmer .. the friends and roads are safer for it!
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May 8, 2017 at 11:11 pm
I have managed to reduce my temper. Actually I think our temper, our moods have a lot to do with the month we were born in. Most of those who were born in summers have a bad temper. The ones born in winters are calmer than the rest. May be not true everywhere or with everyone.
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May 9, 2017 at 8:50 am
your theory doesn’t work for me – I was born right in the middle of winter … on reflection it feels like I was born with massive anger issues so it’s taken a lot of persistent hard work
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May 9, 2017 at 10:18 am
Oh… I read it somewhere and since it holds good for me, I thought it’s true for everyone 😂😂
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May 9, 2017 at 11:16 am
that’s not even logical let alone scientific?!? lol
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May 9, 2017 at 11:19 am
😂😂😂 Sometimes I am like that. If it is holds good for me, then it’s universal truth 😂
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May 9, 2017 at 11:22 am
you are not the person who thought the world rotated around them … you need to get out more! lol [no idea how to do your cute emojis] 😦
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May 9, 2017 at 12:01 pm
Haha. No ways. I am not one of them. 😀😀
All the emojis are from Google keyboard, I am replying to your comments from my phone. While replying through browser, I do not use any emojis 😀
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May 9, 2017 at 2:42 pm
I am quite sure you’re not one of them … or I wouldn’t have been brave enough to make such a comment 🙂
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May 9, 2017 at 2:56 pm
😀😀😀 haha. Thanks Kate. 😀
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May 8, 2017 at 11:09 pm
I’m with spicy, I love variety.
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May 9, 2017 at 8:46 am
lol .. thought you might be
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May 9, 2017 at 9:07 am
🙂
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May 8, 2017 at 11:40 pm
I’ll go with spicy and tangy.
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May 9, 2017 at 8:52 am
ah that fits nicely!
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May 9, 2017 at 12:13 am
Bittersweet 🙂
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May 9, 2017 at 8:53 am
trust you to mix it up, lol
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May 9, 2017 at 9:03 am
😉
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May 9, 2017 at 12:59 am
I’d rather be sweet than bitter. 😇
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May 9, 2017 at 8:55 am
sweet and bubbly? Watch that halo doesn’t drop … lol
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May 9, 2017 at 9:07 am
The halo looks better than devil horns, right? 😝
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May 9, 2017 at 9:09 am
anything would look right on you 🙂
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May 9, 2017 at 1:49 am
Bitter sweet 😂
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May 9, 2017 at 8:55 am
ah ha another!
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May 9, 2017 at 6:36 am
Never know what dish life is going to serve up next. Sometimes, it’s best to take everything with a pinch of salt. 😉
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May 9, 2017 at 9:03 am
ah salty David … hope your wife does the cooking? lol But what you say makes a lot of sense … don’t take any of it too seriously because it will pass!
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May 9, 2017 at 8:44 am
I love spicy and sweet! Especially with sauces…like BBQ sauce or salsa!
Once in awhile, I do enjoy dill, though…like a dill pickle! 😀
Great poem!
HUGS!!! 🙂
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May 9, 2017 at 9:05 am
ah I forgot the savoury … you are right does it! thanks
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May 9, 2017 at 10:53 am
Right on! Thank you for the reminder that we have the power to choose! Why sow discord when we can share peace, right?
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May 9, 2017 at 11:18 am
well said Purple, thanks for stopping by!
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May 9, 2017 at 5:34 pm
What a lovely concept Kate. You’ve got me thinking…. 🙂
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May 9, 2017 at 9:12 pm
ah then I have succeeded … to make just one person think! 🙂
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May 10, 2017 at 10:51 am
It seems from your comments it’s more than just me, Kate. Go you! 🙋🏻💐
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May 10, 2017 at 7:39 pm
thanks Di!
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May 9, 2017 at 11:23 pm
You’re right, we have a choice and we don’t have to choose bitter.
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May 9, 2017 at 11:29 pm
thanks Ann, you got it!
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May 10, 2017 at 7:41 pm
Hmm, being a Libran I like balance. Sweet and spicy works nicely for me, in taste and in life. 😏
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May 10, 2017 at 7:41 pm
ah I thought so Miriam … 🙂
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May 11, 2017 at 1:43 am
I’m a sweet and spicy person as well. Emotionally, bitter occasionally makes its presence when debating health care professionals that choose to use facial expressions rather than reference sources to condescendingly dismiss my positions. To add (sort of) humor to the debate is sometimes becomes necessary to admit my lack of clarity regarding the M.D. credentials. I apologize for being misinformed and believing the letter stood for “Myopic” and “Dimentia.” It seemed to fit the characterization I was debating against. Everyone usually laughs (except the individual debating me.) It usually costs me lunch to make amends! 🙂
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May 11, 2017 at 9:02 am
ah you have a good heart doctor … nobody could question your intention!
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May 13, 2017 at 2:00 pm
Thank you very much for the kind sentiment.
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