Handbook for 2010

I received this in an email right after the New Year. Has some great advice I thought should be shared with anyone reading this blog...

Health:

• Drink plenty of water.
• Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a beggar.
• Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants, and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
• Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
• Make time to pray.
• Play more games.
• Read more books than you did in 2009.
• Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
• Sleep for 7 hours.
• Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.

Personality:

• Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
• Don't have negative thoughts on things you cannot control.  Instead, invest your energy in the positive, present moment.
• Don't overdo.  Keep your limits.
• Don't take yourself so seriously.  No one else does.
• Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
• Dream more while you are awake.
• Envy is a waste of time.  You already have all you need whether it feels like it or not.
• Forget issues of the past.  Don't remind your partner of his/her mistakes of the past.  That will ruin your present happiness.
• Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.  Don't hate others.
• Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
• No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
• Realize that life is a school, and you are here to learn.  Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class, but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
• Smile and laugh more.
• You don't have to win every argument.  Agree to disagree.

Society:

• Call your family often.
• Each day, give something good to others.
• Forgive everyone for everything.
• Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.
• Try to make at least three people smile each day.
• What other people think of you is none of your business.
• Your job won't take care of you when you are sick.  Your friends will.  Stay in touch.

Life:

• Do the right thing!
• Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
• GOD heals everything.
• However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
• No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, and show up.
• The best is yet to come...
• When you wake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
• Be happy.