A Better Life

One of those chain-mails I received today - 25 tips for a better life:

1. Take a 10-30 minutes' walk everyday. While you walk, SMILE. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.

2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.

3. When you wake up in the morning, complete the following statement, "My purpose is to ______today."

4. Eat more food that grows on trees and plants and eat less that is manufactured in plants.

5. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli and almonds.

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 don't 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 of what their journey is 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. Time heals everything.

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 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 you are too blessed to be stressed.

25. Please forward this to everyone you care about.

Cliche? Platitude? Probably, but still helpful - though I personally find point 13 the hardest to practize.