For a Positive 2009
1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate antidepressant.
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Talk to God about what is going on in your life.
3. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, ‘My purpose is to __________ today. I am thankful for______________’
4. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
5. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, almonds & walnuts.
6. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
7. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
8. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.
9. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
10. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
11. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
12. You are not so important that you have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
13. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
14. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
15. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
16. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: “In five years, will this matter?”
17. Forgive everyone for everything.
18. What other people think of you is none of your business.
19. GOD heals everything - but you have to ask Him.
20. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
21. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will. Stay in touch.
22. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
23. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements: I am thankful for __________. Today I accomplished _________.
24. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.
25. When you are feeling down, start listing your many blessings. You’ll be smiling before you know it.
January 6th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
I love this list Lucynda! I copied it and plan to print it out and keep it at hand. There is enough anger, misery and sadness in this world to last forever I do not plan to add to it.
Thanks for this list.
Billie/Cricket
January 21st, 2009 at 11:45 am
It is a good list, isn’t it Billie? I see so much of what you’ve described and it’s so surmountable if we choose to do so. But that’s the thing…it’s a choice and so often people either make a bad choice or no choice at all.
It reminds me of Darth Vader when he tells Luke to “give in to the Dark Side.” I, like Luke, choose the light.
April 13th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
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April 16th, 2009 at 4:54 am
Very nice information. Thanks for this.its great to see someone with a like mind.