Words to Live By

This is something I found in our Elementary School's monthly newsletter "Parent Tip". My friend, Julie, does the newsletter, so I am sure it came from her. Thanks, Julie! I keep a copy inside my kitchen cupboard and try to read it at least once a day.  Great words to live by in so many different areas of our life. I'm going to focus on at least two or three each month. I have so many friends and family members who are struggling right now. I love you! I hope we can all have a HAPPY January and a wonderful year. :)

• 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. 
• Read more books than you did in 2011. 
• Sleep for 7 hours each night. 
• Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
• Don't have negative thoughts about things you cannot control. Instead, invest your energy in the positive, present moment.
• 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.
• FORGET ISSUES OF THE PAST.
• Don't remind your partner of his/her mistakes from the past; that will ruin your present happiness.
• Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. 
• 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.
• SMILE and laugh MORE.
• 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 six.
• Try to make at least three people smile each day.
• Your job won't take care of you when you are are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
• Do the right thing!
• Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful, or joyful.
• 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! :)