Handbook to Just BE!

On the first day of the New Year, unlike MANY other people, I had decided NOT to: think about the past year, make a bunch of resolutions or create a list of goals for 2010. Ahhh...yes, I was going to be different, just relax into the New Year and just BE!! And then, I read an email from a former client. The email hooked me with the first line. ‘Drink plenty of water.” It conveys the same healthy tip about water, which I share almost weekly on Facebook and other social media sites!! Continuing through the list I realized this 'handbook' fits my criteria to BE, with direction. Guiding me to: BE healthier, BE more of who I am and BE more connected to family, friends and the world. Most of all, BE more connected to MY life!! If you choose to enjoy the guidance from the handbook, I've included some tips on how to easily incorporate it into your life! ENJOY!!

HANDBOOK to just BE!
(originally titled Handbook 2010)

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 2009.
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 or think about 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.

It 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 self is always happy. So, be happy.

Tips to incorporate the guidance of the Handbook to Just BE!

1. Print out the handbook and read it before you start your day and right before you go to sleep. The morning read will guide you through the day. The bedtime read will strongly guide your unconscious thought process. It's a known fact!! Many of the great thinkers and inventors of our world regularly used this simple technique to come up with new inventions, original theories and answers to solve hard problems.

2. Pick one action step of the Handbook and incorporate it daily for a month. It takes 21 days or more to create a new thought process, which then produces a habit!

3. Journal about your progress. Recognize ALL the changes taking place, even the small ones. Most often the small changes create the greatest life long positive effects.

4. Most of all, enjoy the process. It's all about being present during the process, not focused on the future outcome!!