Life Like a Blueberry Pie

***Crust*** 

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for rolling 

8 Tbsp (1 stick) unsalted butter, very-cold, cut into 1/2 inch cubes 

1/2 teaspoon salt 

1/2 teaspoon sugar (increase to 1 1/2 teaspoons if for a sweet recipe) 

2 to 4 Tbsp ice water, very cold

***Filling*** 

3 pints of blueberries, cleaned and stems removed 

2 Tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice 

1/4 cup all-purpose flour (for thickening) 

1/2 cup sugar 

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 

2 Tbsp unsalted butter, cut into small pieces

***Egg wash ingredients*** 

1 egg 

1 Tbsp milk

You see from above that this is the start of a recipe, a recipe to make blueberry pie. When you look at all the necessary ingredients from up above we have a basis or a foundation to start from, but no directions to follow. This is the test of times and a challenge has begun.

In life according to a blueberry pie, there is no beginning, no bullet points, and no number one. To most of us we do not no what to do, it begins to become a harum-scarum situation. The only way out, to put a cease, or to say "enough is enough", is to start somewhere, but where? It does not matter because you might fail a hundred times or a thousand times, but as long as you start somewhere, you will start your direction to something more beautiful and more amazing, but you have to start.

We all have a shadow and we can never escape from it, no matter where you stand or jump, from a modest youth to a developed adult, our shadow is their. All of us have to go through life failing, because we are waiting for the time to be right to start something worthwhile. The time will never be just right, you have to stand, and work with whatever tools you have at your command throughout your given life. You will be found having broken tools, refurbished tools, tools that just did not work, and tools that continue to never fail. With these tools, you cannot hoard them for yourself; only for you, because these tools are really not yours, they are there to be used generously and to be given or passed on to someone else to use and for their purposes in life.

Everyone has a brain and mind of your own. Use it, and reach your own decisions. If you need facts or information from other people, to enable you to reach decisions, as you probably will in many instances in your life; acquire these facts to begin your knowledge. Keep your eyes and ears wide open and your mouth closed. Those who talk too much do little else. If you talk more than you listen, you not only deprive yourself of many opportunities to accumulate useful knowledge, but you also disclose your plans and purposes to people who will take great delight in defeating you, because they envy you. Remember that every person that you associate with is, like yourself, seeking the opportunity, so tell the world what you intend to do, but first show it because your deeds, not your words, are what count the most.

Life is is like a blueberry pie because we tend to look on the outside for our answers. The outside of a blueberry pie is a dark-brown beautiful sugary crust of wholesomeness, but the truth is is that the outside has already been formed and finished, so basically how can you answer your question when the answer has been answered? What I do know is that to answer your answer to your life's questions can be found on the inside of yourself, in your mind. You see like a blueberry pie, it starts with the blueberries and the blueberries are in the inside of the pie not on the outside of the crust. Just like you and everyone else, all beauty of one's beginning starts on the inside; a start of creation and develops to the outer crust; a ending called materialization. Thank you for your time and thank you for reading.