Life Handbook

LIFE HANDBOOK

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. Listen to music every day!
6. Play more games.
7. Read more books.
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
9. Sleep for at least 7 hours.
10. Take a 20-30 minutes walk every day and while you walk ~ smile.

Personality:
1. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
2. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
3. Know your limits. Don't over do.
4. Take yourself less seriously.
5. Use your precious energy wisley! Don't waste it on gossip.
6. Dream more while you are awake.
7. You already have all you need. Envy is a waste of time.
8. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. .
9. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present. Grudges ruin lives! Forgive and move on. Forget issues of the past.
10. You are in charge of your happiness!
11. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum and the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
12. Smile and laugh more!
13. Agree to disagree. You don't have to win every argument.

Society & Life
1. Call your family and friends often. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your family and friends will. Stay in touch.
2. Each day give something good to others.
3. Forgive everyone for everything.
4. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
5. Make at least three people smile each day. Smile when you’re talking on the phone.
6. What other people think of you is none of your business.
7. Do the right thing!
8. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
9. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
10. The best is yet to come!!!

Small Things...

IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER - by Erma Bombeck

(written after she found out she was dying from cancer)

I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day.

I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage. I would have talked less and listened more.

I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained, or the sofa faded.

I would have eaten the popcorn in the 'good' living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace.

I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth. I would have shared more of the responsibility carried by my husband.

I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.

I would have sat on the lawn with my grass stains.

I would have cried and laughed less while watching television and more while watching life.

I would never have bought anything just because it was practical, wouldn't show soil, or was guaranteed to last a lifetime.

Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I'd have cherished every moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.

When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never have said, 'Later. Now go get washed up for dinner.' There would have been more 'I love you's' More 'I'm sorry's.'

But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute. look at it and really see it . live it and never give it back.

STOP SWEATING THE SMALL STUFF!!! Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what Instead, let's cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us.

Quote of the Day...

Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.

~Jonathan Kozel

Quote of the Day...

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be,
since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.

~Thomas à Kempis, Imitation of Christ, c.1420

Quote of the Day...

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

---Abraham Lincoln

Quote of the Day...

The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.
---C.S. Lewis

Life Happens!

Well, I was planning on listing some items for Etsy on Wed. night after we got back from the apartments that my husband and I manage, but he decided to have a fight with the lawn mower, so we went to the ER instead. (The lawn mower WON!) He's lucky - he gets to keep his fingers, as long as they heal OK.

But this got me thinking about life and the impossible situations that happen on a daily basis! How do you cope with the ER visits, notes from school that the kids don't give you until too late, the dog that will not be potty trained, or the constant stack of dishes in the sink and clothes in the hamper?

I am a fairly organized person and love to admit that I can schedule my family for anything and make it work, but it seems these days that all I want to do is make it stop! I just want to throw the clothes out and buy new (But I don't make THAT much on Etsy!) and start using paper plates every night. But this wouldn't be right!

So what is your trick for keeping the balance just right for your household? Tell me - I need some help right now!! :-)

Take care all! Megan