Illustration of a food bowl with different "ingredients" such as forgiveness, generosity, faith, patience, humility, love, kindness, and laughter. © Recipes for Wellbeing

Recipe for a good life

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. ―Muhammad Ali

👥 Serves: 1 person

🎚 Difficulty: Easy

⏳ Total time: Ongoing

🥣 Ingredients: Love, faith, kindness, humility, generosity, laugher, patience, “The soul of a butterfly” book by Muhammad Ali (if you’re curious to find out more about it!)

🤓 Wholebeing Domains: Meaning, Positive Emotion

💪 Wholebeing Skills: Abundance, Contentment, Fulfilment, Happiness, Optimism, Purpose, Serenity, Significance, Zest

Illustration of a food bowl with different "ingredients" such as forgiveness, generosity, faith, patience, humility, love, kindness, and laughter. © Recipes for Wellbeing
Illustration of a food bowl with different "ingredients" such as forgiveness, generosity, faith, patience, humility, love, kindness, and laughter. © Recipes for Wellbeing

Recipe for a good life

📝 Description

Uncovering the ingredients for a good life.

Muhammad Ali was dedicated to a path of Tassawuf, to the inward path of Love. He believed that the secret of God is revealed through the knowledge of Love. Ali strived to become a truly beautiful human being; following the Tassawuf wisdom that ‘The outer beauty of a person must merge with the inner beauty and become one. This is the source of true beauty.’ He was most certainly such a human being, and was once asked: “What would you like people to think about you when you’re gone?” He responded.

Book: The Soul of a Butterfly, Muhammad Ali

👣 Steps

Step 1 – Prepare the ingredients

  • Take a few cups of Kindness
  • One dash of humility
  • One sprinkle of laughter
  • One teaspoon of patience
  • One tablespoon of generosity
  • One pint of forgiveness
  • One quart of Love
  • And a gallon of faith

Step 2 – Mix

Mix in determination and add lots of courage.

Step 3 – Serve

Stir it up very well, spread it over the span of your lifetime, and serve it to each and every person you meet.

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