Life's recipe

A good friend emailed this to me and I loved  and wanted to share it with you all. A  GREAT  RECIPE...                                                                                                                                                                                                                         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.  Talk to God about             What is going on in your life.  Buy a lock if you have  to.                                                                                                   3. When you wake up in the morning complete the  following statement, 'My          Purpose is to __________ today. I  am thankful  for______________'                                                                                            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 gossip,  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 are not so important that you 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. GOD heals everything - but you have to ask  Him (or Her).                                                                                                         20. However good or bad a situation is, it will  change.                                                                                                     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.                                                                                                       25. When you are feeling down, start listing your  many  blessings.                   You'll be smiling  before you know  it.    

Good words, thanks!
Elaine, how are you doing??

Good Elaine, really..very, very good! I'm 4 months post op today! I have a lingering digestive tract motility problems, but we're trying something to help that and the esophageal motility issue but it is fairly minor. Other than that I'm the best I've been in more years than I can remember

Post Edited (LdyJane) : 11/16/2008 6:13:37 AM (GMT-7)