4.6.11

line a day: get ready for a long one:

Handbook to Life

Health:

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

Personality:

11. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don’t have negative thoughts over things you cannot control. Instead, invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don’t overdo. Keep your limits.
14. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake.
17. Envy is a waste of time. Be grateful for what you have been given.
18. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
20. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
21. 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.
22. Smile and laugh more.
23. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Society:

24. Call your family often.
25. Each day give something good to others.
26. Forgive.
27. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
28. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:

31. Do the right thing!
32. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
33. God heals everything.
34. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
35. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
36. The best is yet to come.
37. When you awake alive in the morning, thank God for it.
38. Your inner most is always happy. So, be happy.



gratitude: today i am thankful for the contacts i have made in dsm. i'm feeling more than a little bit discouraged about my job prospects, but i feel thankful that i can reach out to my network and have others do what they can to help me out.

line a day: "Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try"

gratitude: Technology is such an amazing tool! Today, I found some ridiculous writing lessons online and cannot wait to try them out! Bring it on!

4.4.11

line a day: "the day the lord created hope was probably the same day he created spring." ~bern williams

gratitude: today i am thankful that i am going to see my wonderful mom in less than two weeks!! i'm also quite thankful for sleeping with the windows open last night...

line of the day: there is such a thing as too many onions.

gratitude: Almost 80 degrees? Me and my walking legs will take it!

4.3.11

line a day: you can't learn from the mistakes you haven't made.

gratitude: today i am thankful for the first spring walk of the season - i've missed them so much!

line a day:"Never mind searching for who you are. Search for the person you aspire to be." ~Robert Brault

gratitude: We went for a 2.5 hour jaunt today in the beautiful, sunny, 60 degree weather and I felt the joy of the sun seeping into my skin. If you see me, you will see the evidence...thank you freckles!

4.1.11

line a day: “your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. and most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. they somehow already know what you truly want to become. everything else is secondary.” – steve jobs

gratitude: today i am thankful for the arrival of april - hopefully spring is finally here!