Recipe for 2009
- Do something to move your body everyday. Find a sport that you enjoy. Take a 10-30 minute walk daily. As you walk, smile and wave to everyone you pass. It's the ultimate anti-depressant.
- Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes a day. Talk to God about what's going on in your life and listen.
- When you wake up in the morning, complete the following statement, 'My purpose is to _______ today. I am thankful for _________.
- Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
- Drink green tea and half your weight in ounces of water. Eat blueberries, wild salmon, broccoli, almonds and walnuts.
- Try to make at least 3 people smile a day. Write notes of encouragement and affirmation to those you love in your life.
- Don't waste your precious energy on gossip, issues of the past,negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
- Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.
- Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
- Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Assume the best in others.
- Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
- You are not so important that you have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
- Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
- Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
- No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
- Frame every so-called disaster with this question: 'In five years, will this matter?'
- Forgive. Forgive. Forgive.
- What other people think of you is none of your business
- God can heal anything; but you need to ask.
- However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
- You job won't take care of you when you're sick. Your friends and family will...stay connected.
- Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
- Each night before you go to bed, complete the following statement: I am thankful for _______. Today, I accomplished___________.
- Remember you are too blessed to be stressed.
- When you're feeling down, start listing your blessings and do something for someone else.
