holiday season: just add patience

i've always held great distain for the holiday season. it has always been a time that continuously presents me with constant worry, stress and opportunity for huge error. this holiday season was no different and lived up to every expectation. it included the usual family debacle spiced up with added house guests and inconvenient circumstances. add a dash of near unbearably bad timing and an unimaginably nauseating rollercoaster of emotions and you are left with an all too familiar series of 'christmas miracles' - some of which are still turning my stomach. the unfortunate events of my sickening holiday season don't allow me look for sympathy or a sedative because i cooked up this recipe on my own and, thus, have to eat what i stewed. the harsh words, raised voices and sarcastic undertones contributed to a variety of arguments too wretched to rehash now and too bitter to ever want to taste again (like aloe). i realised, only after having more than my fill, that the cuisine could've tasted so much better if i had added one main ingredient: patience. one might think that adding some patience to the holiday seasoning must mean that i typically boil in conversation when i simply need to simmer. the truth of the matter is that i am one of the most level-headed people you could ever meet and the patience isn't to keep me from blowing up; but rather keep me from giving up. i all too often misplace the patience, or forget to add it to the recipe, and then after about 5hours of cooking up the same fight i loose the ambition to continue stirring the sauce and just let it burn. sure, it'll taste like shit, but i've lost the patience to make it flavorful for everyone and, typically, give in. if i just add patience to the mix i would be closer to the perfect recipe and creating something that everyone can enjoy. no one likes being forced to eat sour meat and i feel terrible that some had to even smell it in the air. future arguments will find me with spoonfuls of patience at hand in order to prevent distasteful concoctions and create gourmet happiness. together - we will eat fine home-cooked cuisine again.