"
I run in the path of Your commands, for You have set my
heart free.” Psalm 119:32
As one year ends and
another beings, i also find myself winding down from a hectic season of
ups and downs. Will 2017 be easier or more challenging? Am i ready for
the days ahead? Now is the right time to reflect, redirect and refresh.
In preparing my mind, body and soul for 2017, i need to review a Good
Handbook. Maybe
you can benefit from it too.
HANDBOOK 2017
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. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games.
7. Read more books than
you did in 2016.
8. Sit in silence for at
least 10 minutes each day.
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minute 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 on things
you cannot control. Instead invest your energy
in the positive present moment.
13. Don't overdo. 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 & 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.
And when all else fails or questions arise, consult the
original Handbook on living life to the fullest… the Bible. It is a proven and true Source
for everything under the “Son”!
you are loved and chosen by God,
veneal
