and this popped up! I forget who it’s from, but it’s good advice. :) If this is yours, thank you!
HANDBOOK 2010
Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a 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. Take time to pray and read your Bible daily.
6. Play more games.
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. ake a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.
Personality:
11. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all 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 it. 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, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.
If you’re ever in the mood for a fairy tale. :) The humor reminded me The Princess Bride. Do you guys remember that movie?
1…2…3 days ago we graduated!
When our hats flew up, we walked out, said goodbye to four years.
So, just like that.
Time to run down grassy hills and up blue skies
to forget how time passes by
Back to Indy with Droms!
We had a wonderful Spring Break visiting Nessa. :)
I won’t live an ordinary life. That’s that then.
Hello, world.
great place for music: hypem.com
thanks, droms!
In 300 years, everyone who knew you and everyone they know will be dead.
Ever since the beginning of senior year, it seems like I’ve been inching closer to the edge of a grassy cliff. The rest of our lives keep nearing…The sad but beautiful thing is that the possibilities are endless. What scares me is the idea of giving up infinity to focus on one single career.
It would be wonderful to:
—open a hotel/bed-and-breakfast
—run a corner bookstore in a big city
—become a capable doctor and save lives for a living
—teach.
—be a radio host on NPR
—own a flower shop or book store
—write and illustrate children’s books
One of my farthest-flung out dreams is kind of silly, so I don’t mind if you laugh. One day I daydreamed about opening a sort of Solving Your Life Problems INC.— a giant building full of busy, friendly workers. People calling with problems. We give them advice. We send out teams to work with in-depth cases like domestic abuse or potential suicides.
I guess that’s what social workers and suicide hotlines are for, but it never hurts to dream…
For the longest time, I’ve just wanted to dedicate my life to something lasting. Something that would affect all humankind for the rest of eternity (da da da dumm!) But, how much does it really matter to be remembered? To want your name to be tucked away in a medical textbook or history book for posterity? Those names to us now are just vague names tacked onto theories and formulas in fine print.
Maybe it means more to make a difference in people’s lives while you’re alive. Yes, one day you’ll be dead. And so will the people who you have helped. But if you could make their life better, it extends to their family, the children of their children, etc. That’s a true permanent, lasting effect on life.
As long as we do our jobs well, and feel accomplished and significant in the well-being of the world, we add more happiness to life’s general equation.
To sum it up: I have a desperate need to do something important and touch the lives of other people. It feels like I’m running around in a giant field at night trying to catch fireflies.
I’m afraid that I’ll give up my creative tendancies and smother them in pursuing an “important and effective job”. I know I’ll be unhappy this way.
My mom wants me to be a doctor. I’m halfway convinced. But the back of my head betrays me, telling me that my best subjects are history and language, not science and math. Telling me that I’m always the happiest playing music or splattering paint on a canvas. Creating something.
So why the hell would I want to be a doctor.
I want to help people, I do. But I’m not sure if that joy of helping others would be enough to cover up the disappointment of following my dreams…
Oh what am I doing what am I doing
