Lots of good advice here, but my three favorites are nos. 21, 33, and 37.
HEALTH:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like 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 meditate.
7. Read more books than you did in 2009.
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 about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control.
Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't over do. 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. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. 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.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
SOCIETY:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will.
Stay in touch.
LIFE:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. God heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, and show up.
37. The best is yet to come.
38. When you awake alive in the morning, be thankful for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.
Many thanks and much metta to my teacher, Bhante Sujatha.
"In the traditional greeting of yoga, 'With great respect and love we honor your heart as your Inner Teacher. May the harmony of yoga manifest within and without'".
-- Mukunda Stiles
7 comments:
i like #31, from someone who has lived in several provinces and stopped getting replies to emails... staying in touch with friends is difficult... but so important :)
I am partial to #33 right now, as I am packing up and moving house. I will apply that rule and make it easier to trim the deadwood.
www.Dhana.ca/blog
This list is lovely. Many thanks.
Wonderful advice Linda! I think #2 is my favourite - I am partial to big breakfasts. :)
Would you and your teacher mind if I copied this and emailed it to friends and family? With credit of course?
Thanks,
Bree
http://yogagypsy.blogspot.com
no problem, lady! the dharma is meant to be spread to others who need to hear it....
#11 is a great, great advice. The whole list is great, actually. Thank you for this, Linda.
I shared these tips on my blog back in 2008 when I received them in a chain email. #28 God heals everything created a big debate in my comment section. It is still one of my most read posts to date. I was wondering if you knew who the original author of these tips is?
I recently wrote my own tips for a healthy life in 2010 that was inspired by the original.
Feel free to check it out sometime. I think you will enjoy my new version.
Peace
Jonathan
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