A thought for today - Friday 27th January 2012

If

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same:.
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings,
And never breathe a word about your loss:
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much:
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

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Cowboy Pintos

8 ounces dried pinto beans

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 large onion -- diced

4 cloves garlic -- finely minced

3 carrots -- cut in 1/2" pieces

2 stalks celery -- cut in 1/2" pieces

28 ounces canned tomatoes -- chopped

juices reserved in a measuring cup 6 cups water

2 sprigs fresh thyme

1/2 teaspoon dried oregano

2 sprigs cilantro -- tied

1/4 cup chopped cilantro

pepper cooked rice or barley -- optional

[1] Sort and wash beans. Soak overnight, covered with 2 inches of water. Rinse several times and drain. Set aside. Add fresh cilantro, parsley, and/or basil at the very end. [2] Place oil in a large, heavy pot over medium-low heat. Add the onion and cook 10 minutes or until wilted. Add garlic during last 2 minutes. Stir occasionally. Add carrots, celery and reserved drained beans. [3] Add tomatoes and 1/2 cup of the reserved tomato juices, water, thyme and oregano. Stir in the cilantro sprigs. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to medium and simmer, uncovered, for about 1 1/2 hours or until beans are tender but not mushy, skimmy any foam that rises to the surface. Remove tied cilantro and add freshly chopped cilantro; season with pepper to taste. Make sure the beans are softened to your satisfaction before adding salt. [4] Serve over white rice or barley.

Serve 6: per 1/6 233 cals, 38 g carbs, 10 g prot, 6 g fat, no chol.

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