Tips for better Living

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# Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.
# Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have to.
# Buy a DVR and tape your late night shows and get more sleep.
# When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, ‘My purpose is to __________ today.’
# Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
# Play more games and read more books than you did in 2007.
# Make time to practice meditation, yoga, tai chi, and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.
# Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.
# Dream more while you are awake.
# Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
# Drink green tea and plenty of water.. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, almonds & walnuts.
# Try to make at least three people smile each day.
# Clear clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing energy into your life.
# Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
# 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.
# Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.
# Smile and laugh more. It will keep the energy flowing.
# Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
# Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
# Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
# You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
# Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
# Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
# No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
# Frame every so-called disaster with these words: ‘In five years, will this matter?’
# Forgive everyone for everything.
# What other people think of you is none of your business.
# GOD heals almost everything.
# However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
# Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
# Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
# Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
# The best is yet to come.
# No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
# Do the right thing!
# Call your friends often. (Or email them to death!!!) Hey I’m thinking of ya!
# Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements: I am thankful for __________. Today I accomplished _________.
# Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.
# Enjoy the ride. Remember this is not Disney World and you certainly don’t want a fast pass. You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy the ride.

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If I Had My Life to Live Over

by Erma Bombeck
(Written after she found out she was dying from cancer*)  From email — April 21, 2000

I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren’t there for the day.
I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.
I would have talked less and listened more.
I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained, or the sofa faded.
I would have eaten the popcorn in the “good” living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace.
I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth.
I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.
I would have sat on the lawn with my children and not worried about grass stains.
I would have cried and laughed less while watching television, and more while watching life.
I would never have bought anything just because it was practical, wouldn’t show soil, or was guaranteed to last a lifetime.
Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I’d have cherished every moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.
When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never have said, “Later. Now go get washed up for dinner.”
There would have been more “I love you’s.” More “I’m sorry’s.”
But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute… look at it and really see it… live it… and never give it back.
Stop sweating the small stuff. Don’t worry about who doesn’t like you, who has more, or who’s doing what.
Instead, let’s cherish the relationships we have with those who DO love us.
Let’s think about what God HAS blessed us with.
And what we are doing each day to promote ourselves mentally, physically, emotionally, as well as spiritually.
Life is too short to let it pass you by.
We only have one shot at this and then it’s gone.

I hope you all have a blessed day.

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Those Inscrutable Men!

If u TREAT him nicely, he says u are IN LOVE with him;
If u Don't, he says u are PROUD .
If u DRESS Nicely, he says u are trying to LURE him;
If u Don't , he says u are from KAMPUNG.
If u ARGUE with him, he says u are STUBBORN;
If u keep QUIET, he says u have no BRAINS.
If u are SMARTER than him, he'll lose FACE;
If he's Smarter than u, he is GREAT .
If u don't Love him, he tries to POSSESS u;
If u Love him, he will try to LEAVE u..(very true huh?)
If u don't make love with him., he says u don't Love him;
If u do he says u are CHEAP .....
If u tell him your PROBLEM, he says u are TROUBLESOME ;
If u don't, he says that u don't TRUST him.
If u SCOLD him, u are like a NANNY to him;
If he SCOLDS u , it is because he CARES for u. (Bullshit)
If u BREAK your PROMISE, u Cannot be TRUSTED ;
If he BREAKS his, he is FORCED to do so....
If u SMOKE, u are a BAD girl;
If he SMOKES , he is a GENTLEMEN
If u do WELL in your exams, he says it's LUCK ;
If he does WELL, it's BRAINS .
If u HURT him, u are CRUEL ;
If he HURTS u, u are too ! SENSITIVE !!

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Change

"It is not the strongest of the species that survive or the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change.”

Charles Darwin

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