Dear Friend

As the New Year Begins

just wanted to give you some things to think about - and some ideas for new year’s resolutions.

May God Always bless you with love, friendship and happiness!

R.B.

40 New Year’s Resolutions to Consider . . .  

1.- Walk 10 to 30 minutes each day - and as you walk SMILE!!

2.- Reserve a bit of time each day - for quiet meditation.

3.- Listen to good uplifting music

 4.- As you wake up each morningset some goals to accomplish that day.

5.- Live with the three “E’s” - - Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.

6.- Enjoy Life - find time to play games with those you love.

7.- Start reading that book you’ve always meant to get started. Fill your mind with good uplifting subjects.

8.- Look up at the sun each day and the moon and stars each night - enjoy the beauty of God’s creations

9.- Don’t think dreaming is reserved for while your asleep. Dare to do a little day-dreaming.

10.- Eat more healthy foods. Remove from your diet some of those things that really arent making you any healthier.

11.- Don’t postpone for tomorrow what you can do TODAY!

12.- Make someone smile!! Make them laugh!

13.- Organize your house, your room and your office/desk.

14.- Don’t waste your time worrying about things for which you have no control over!.

15.- Realize that life is a school - and that we are here to learnwhether the day is happy or sad, good or bad . . . There is always something POSITIVE you can learn from your experiences.

16.- Patience, Persistance, Positvity - Dont forget the three P’s.

17.- Smile more - and don’t keep it to yourself !

18.- Don’t ever pass up a chance to give a HUG to someone you care about.

19.- Life is WAY TO SHORT - to be spending it - with angry or hateful feelings toward others. Or feeling offended or bitter over what others have done to you.

20.- Don’t take life too seriously!And dont think you’re the center of the universe.

21.- You don’t have to win every argument! Respect others who may have a different perspective on things. Be willing to allow a difference of opinion. Agree to disagree.

22.- Get over your past - and don’t let it drag you down. Life isnt a race where only the first person wins. He wins who gets up everytime he falls.

23.- Quit comparing yourself to others. No one has walked in your shoes - and you have not walked in theirs. Quit feeling sorry for yourself.

24.- No one is in charge of or owes you happiness out of life. Its up to YOU to FIND it or to MAKE it.

25.- Remember you may not have control over what happens to you in life - but you are in control out of what you make of such experiences. No one can steal the smile from your face. . . Only you can let it go.

26.- Never pass up an opportunity to learn something new - no matter how old you are.

27.- Be more concerned with what your Father in Heaven thinks of you - then what your neigbors may think of you.

28.- Make a list of all the things you are thankful for!

Get on your knees and say a prayer of gratitude without asking for anything.

29.- No matter how good or how bad things get - always remember the situation will always eventually change.

30.- When your life has come and gone – it won’t matter much the house you had, the car you drove, the title you held. . . . What will matter most will be the relationships of friendship and love that can continue on into eternity.

31.- Remember what Thumper said - If you cant say anything nice – then don’t say anything at all.

32.- Nothing good ever comes of unproductive envy of others and their material possessions.

33.- Remember the Best is yet to Come!

34.- Don’t let how you feel control what you do. Decide what you will do – and you will see that you will have control over how you feel.

35.- Open your heart and soul to others – dont close your heart simply because you are afraid of it getting broken.

36.- Let your family and friends know how you feel about them.

37.- Counsel with the Lord in all your doings – and he will direct your path.

38.- Follow the example of the sunflower – always keep your face to the light and not to the shadows.

39.- We only go through life once – you will rarely be able to return to the “forks in the road” – choose wisely.

40.- Pass this on to all those people you care about – express your feelings for them – dont wait till its too late.

Enjoy life – and enjoy the people that make up a part of it!

And remember – we are not human beings having a spiritual experience – we are spiritual beings having a human experience.

Have a great New Year!Keep Smiling

And pass on your smile to all the people you meet!

Have a great New Year!Keep Smiling

And pass on your smile to all the people you meet!