Happiness Rules to Live By
/The following comes from 40 Tips for a Better Life by Deepak Belani.
- Take a 10–30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.
- Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have to.
- Live with the 3 E's — Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
- Make time to practice meditation, yoga, tai chi, and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.
- Spend more time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.
- Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
- Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, almonds and walnuts.
- Clear clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing energy into your life.
- Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.
- Smile and laugh more. It will keep the energy vampires away.
- Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
- Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
- You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
- Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
- Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
- No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
- However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
- Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will. Stay in touch.
- Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
- Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.
- You only have one ride through life so make the most of it. Enjoy the ride.