Wednesday, January 12, 2011

New Year, New Goals, New Problems, New Gifts - BRING IT ON!

Someone sent me this in a BBM msg today and I thought it only fitting to start my first year's blog entry with it:

2011 HANDBOOK

Health:
1. Drink Plenty of Water
2. Eat Breakfast like a King, Lunch like a Prince and Supper like a Beggar.
3. Live with 3 E's: Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
4. Make time to Pray
5. Play More Games
6. Read More Books than you did in 2010
7. Sit in Silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
8. Sleep for 7 hrs.
9. Take 10-30min walks daily - and while you walk, SMILE :)

Personality:
10. Don't overdo it, Keep your limits
11. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
12. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip
13. Dream more while you are awake
14. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
15. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past That will ruin your present happiness.
16. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
17. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
18. No one is in charge of your happiness expect you.
19. Smile and laugh more.
20. You don't have to win every argument - Agree to Disagree

Society:
21. Call your family often.
22. Each day give something good to others.
23. Forgive everyone for everything.
24. Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.
25. Try to make at least 3 people smile each day.
26. What other people think of you is none of your business.

Life:
27. Do the right thing!
28. God heals everything
29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
30. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
31. The best is yet to come.
32. When awake in the morning, thank god for it.
33. Your inner most is always happy. So be happy.

2010 was certainly a challenging year for me in every way, shape and form.
I've got zero regrets about anything I've done and
I plan to make 2011 a reflection of all that I learned in 2010.

What does 2011 have in store for you?