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1. Dream more while you’re awake.

2. Smile as often as possible.  It is the ultimate anti-depressant.

3. Invest your energy in the positive present moment. Don’t waste your energy on thoughts that are negative or from the past, gossip or energy vampires.

4. Take a 25 minute walk every day.

5. You are responsible for your own happiness.  It is not up to anyone else.

6. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and less food manufactured in plants.

7. Make “you time” for at least 10 minutes a day to sit in silence.

8. Get more sleep.  DVR your TV shows and watch them at your leisure.

9. Spend time with people under the age of 5 and over the age of 65.

10. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat healthy foods like blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, almonds and walnuts.

11. Clear clutter from your home, your office and your car to make space for fresh new and flowing energy in your life.

12. Smile and laugh more . It will help to keep the energy vampires away.

13. Life is too short to hold onto resentments or waste time hating anyone.

14. Don’t take yourself so seriously. (Would you treat others the same way you treat yourself?)

15.  Agree to disagree. You don’t have to win every argument.

16. Don’t compare your life to other peoples’ lives. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

17. Forgive everyone for everything.

18. What other people think of you is none of your business.

19. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

20. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

21. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.

22. Do the right thing for the right reasons.

23. Call your family often and let them know how much you care. 

24. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements: I am grateful for __________.

25. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed

I take advantage of how lucky I truly am. I expect more, I worry too much, and I don’t have complete faith that everything will be ok, that I will make it through something as small as deciding what college to go to in comparison to deciding to give up my life for a life praising god in everything I do. What am I doing right now that requires faith… Everything! Living my life everyday seeking god even though the contemporary world goes against it, not worrying but instead knowing that everyday is taken care of, that god has a plan for me, all requires faith. And to think this amazing god has a plan for me, that he wants to use me, someone so imperfect, to further his kingdom. Wow! I’m blessed beyond comprehension with this little fact. I have not been the best Christian, but at most times a lukewarm Christian, which can’t really be called a Christian at all. But from this point on I will recognize how blessed I am, forget about worrying and give it all up to god. I will ask him to soften my heart so that he may come it to it, take it over, and radiate his loving spirit from me. God i am yours, every part of me, Jesus you’re the reason I live.