1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have to.
3. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, 'My purpose is to be a light in someone's life today.'
4. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
5. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, almonds & walnuts.
6. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
7. Don't waste your precious energy on 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 what their journey is all 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. Faith in something is important.
20. However good or bad a situation is, it will change, and you will survive.
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 that you are too blessed to be stressed.
Isn't it interesting how someone who you thought you couldn't live without... who made you cry buckets of tears, just a few years ago can have no emotional effect on you when you run into them again?
I've run into several ex-boyfriends & old crushes. I just think it's so weird how, after that much time, I can look at them & either have no feeling for them or wonder what I ever saw in them in the first place.
Time does heal all wounds, as the saying goes. Ironically, several times, they've asked me to come back or to go out again. But the feeling just isn't there anymore. And I've gone as far as to say, "You hurt me. That can't be forgiven."
I'm on my lunch break right now & I ventured outside for some air. As I was standing there, I heard bagpipes start playing Amazing Grace (which happened to be my grandfather's favorite song). It dawned to me that I was standing next to a cemetary & there must be a funeral procession going on. It's a gray, cold, dismal day here.
An older gentleman, dressed in a tan blazer with suede elbow patches & khaki pants, with a blue beret (sp?) & big tortoise-shell glasses & a backpack on his back came up to me. He spoke with a British accent & asked me why in the world he hears the bagpipes playing Amazing Grace. I told him I would imagine it's for a funeral procession, to which he replied, "Ah yes! I forgot there's a cemetary over there."
We proceeded to talk for a few minutes & he was off. But in that short conversation, he paid me a very nice compliment. No, it had nothing to do with looks or anything like that. It was just a nice compliment telling me how gracious I was.
This just struck me as odd for some reason today... of all days.
No, luckily I didn't get her declawed. I have a problem with taking their first knuckle off... just bothers me, although I did do it to my last cat & he was fine. Now I'm glad I didn't do it yet.
Thank you all. My friend also suggested that I leave my sliding glass door open. The problem with that is that first, it's cold & my house would be freezing. Secondly, there are squirrels that run onto my patio. I'd hate to come home to find a couple of them running around in my house!
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You never ask a woman how much she weighs... 
This is Minnie. If you see her, tell her to hurry home!
RE: New to CS
Welcome Sean!