Tuesday Tips


#97 – Resolve to do something nice for your spirit every day this year.

 It doesn’t have to be anything big: picking up a bit of trash on your street, listening carefully to someone, smiling at a stranger, making your bed, saying thank you to someone who is serving you, giving someone the benefit of the doubt instead of judging them, taking the time to enjoy a bath or shower.  It doesn’t take much, but the rewards will keep you in a positive state of mind all day and beyond.     

 

Have a wonderful 2009.  May all your dreams come true this year.

 



#96 -The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can change their life by changing their attitude. William James

 Give yourself a gift this year of a positive mental attitude.    It will promote a lightness in your step, a smile in your voice, an attitude of gratitude and an appreciation in  your spirit for all you have been given.   Assuming positive intent on everyone’s part helps me to get through the holidays with a good attitude.   



#95 – Live Your Life and Forget Your Age – Norman Vincent Peale

Here’s something no one will tell you.  Things get a lot easier as you age.   When I was in my 20’s, nobody would take me seriously; when I was in my early thirties, I was advised I had better find a husband before it was too late and now in my sixties, I am being told I am too old to begin again.  But lately I hear of people in their nineties climbing mountains, writing books and working at high level jobs.  So what I believe now is that you’re never too old for anything.



#94 – Hanging onto resentment is letting someone you despise live rent-free in your head. Ann Landers

As I learned in a class that my husband and I took several years ago, forgiveness is the key to happiness.  It’s all those old resentments and old angers that fill up our mind like bad renters and keep us from being happy.  

 

 



#93 – “Confidence comes from not being afraid to fail. And when I do fail, I just say, okay, I’ll fix it.” From: 21 year old serial entrepreneur Ben Kaufman, founder of Mophie.

I have found that I usually (not always) get another chance or two.  It keeps me from being too much of a perfectionist.   I also find it comforting to know that if my best is not good enough today, I will get another chance to make it better tomorrow.