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Feb
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dur-i: Health: Drink plenty of water.                                                                            Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants. Live with the 3 E’s - Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy Read more books than you did in 2011. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Sleep for 8 hours. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile. Personality: Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about. Don’t have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment. Don’t over do. Keep your limits. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip. Dream more while you are awake. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need. Forget issues of the past. Don’t remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don’t hate others. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present. No one is in charge of your happiness except you. 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. Smile and laugh more. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree. Society: Call your family often. Each day give something good to others. Forgive everyone for everything. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6. Try to make at least three people smile each day. What other people think of you is none of your business. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch. Life: Do the right thing! Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.  No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up. The best is yet to come. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

dur-i:

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. Read more books than you did in 2011.
  6. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
  7. Sleep for 8 hours.
  8. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.


Personality:

  1. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
  2. Don’t have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
  3. Don’t over do. Keep your limits.
  4. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
  5. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip.
  6. Dream more while you are awake.
  7. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
  8. Forget issues of the past. Don’t remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
  9. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don’t hate others.
  10. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
  11. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
  12. 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.
  13. Smile and laugh more.
  14. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.


Society:

  1. Call your family often.
  2. Each day give something good to others.
  3. Forgive everyone for everything.
  4. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
  5. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
  6. What other people think of you is none of your business.
  7. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.


Life:

  1. Do the right thing!
  2. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
  3. However good or bad a situation is, it will change. 
  4. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
  5. The best is yet to come.
  6. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

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Feb
19th
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For Rachel

Little girl riding the rails, the train pulls in
One journey ends, another begins
Where is she going, where has she been
A trip that never ends, not in this skin

A thin layer, perfectly pale and taut
Veils scars sewn by words turned thoughts
Scars that breath and push to the surface
Revised by strength and a life of purpose

She falls in love …
Shedding thoughts and the journey ends
She lies in bliss, for in love, nothing depends …

Oct
15th
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A minimalist lifestyle does not make you a better person @ Things Of Interest

minimalmac:

It is not possible, nor is it desirable, to own nothing. In fact, a point comes when not owning critical stuff (a bed, a toilet, a room) starts becoming stressful again, in a whole different way from “too much stuff” stress. “Simplicity” is a relative term, and perhaps inapt; try “convenience”, which has more useful connotations. Fitting my life into a small number of boxes tucked under my bed makes me happy. Fretting over the precise enumeration of the items in those boxes would completely defeat the object of the exercise.

Lot’s of what we believe in can be found in this excellent post. Including this…

A minimalist lifestyle can have many legitimate motivations. Sanctimonious anti-consumerism isn’t one of these, nor is saving money.

As I have said before, this is not about earning some minimalist merit badge so you can declare you are some Simplicity Eagle Scout. And if you believe you have all the answers to living such a well balanced life, well, I’d have a hard time believing that. Because there are no right answers.

This is simply about navigating that sweet spot I like to call “enough”. It is a very personal thing. It is also a moving target. What you may need today, you may not tomorrow. That is the challenge at hand here because one is never done. For me (and I can’t say it will work for you), simply not being afraid to ask the question helps keep the balance.
Apr
27th
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This is a photograph of my dad.  It was taken at the midpoint of his life when he was 47 which was in 1962.    He died earlier today at the age of 94.  One week shy of his 95th birthday. He was a virtuous man.  And the best father ever.  I suppose I’m a bit biased.  But that’s OK.

This is a photograph of my dad.  It was taken at the midpoint of his life when he was 47 which was in 1962.    He died earlier today at the age of 94.  One week shy of his 95th birthday.

He was a virtuous man.  And the best father ever.  I suppose I’m a bit biased.  But that’s OK.

Jun
10th
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Roger Ebert is smart. Death has no chance with him.

“I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear.  I hope to be spared as much pain as possible on the approach path.  I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state.  What I am grateful for is the gift of intelligence, and for life, love, wonder, and laughter.  You can’t say it wasn’t interesting.  My lifetime’s memories are what I have brought home from the trip.  I will require them for eternity no more than that little souvenir of the Eiffel Tower I brought home from Paris.” 

- Roger Ebert