New Year's Resolution: Four tips for writing your personal commandments.

Every Wednesday is Tip Day.
This Wednesday: Four tips for writing your personal commandments.

I’m doing a happiness project, and you could have one, too. Join in! Start your own! January 1 is a great time to try something new, to turn over a new leaf. Forty-four percent of Americans make New Year’s resolutions, and I certainly always do.

In starting your happiness project, you might begin by writing your personal Commandments. I've posted about this before, but because this exercise was one of the most challenging -- and most helpful and fun – tasks that I did in preparation for my happiness project, I'm posting about it again. It's really worth doing.

Here are my Twelve Commandments:
1. Be Gretchen.
2. Let it go.
3. Act the way I want to feel.
4. Do it now.
5. Be polite and be fair.
6. Enjoy the process.
7. Spend out.
8. Identify the problem.
9. Lighten up.
10. Do what ought to be done.
11. No calculation.
12. There is only love.

So how do you come up with your own list?

First: Listen to what’s buzzing in your brain.
When I look at my Twelve Commandments, I realize that five of them are actually quotations from other people. My father repeatedly reminds me to “Enjoy the process.” A respected boss told me to “Be polite and be fair.” A good friend told me that she’d decided that “There is only love” in her heart for a difficult person. “No calculation” is a paraphrase of St. Therese (“When one loves, one does not calculate”), and “Act the way I want to feel” is a paraphrase of William James.

Second: Follow the metaphor.
When I was working on my biography of Churchill, Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill, I was repeatedly struck by the literary quality of his life – how rich it was in symbols, foreshadowing, motifs, all the elements of the novel.

I came to believe that this was true of my life, too, I just wasn’t paying attention. As Keats wrote, “A Man’s life of any worth is a continual allegory – and very few eyes can see the Mystery of his life…a life like the scriptures, figurative.”

So you might find that your commandments would be better expressed through metaphor. Consider Howell Raines’ commandments, from Fly Fishing Through the Midlife Crisis:

“Rule One: Always be careful about where you fish and what you fish for and whom you fish with.
Rule Two: Be even more careful about what you take home and what you throw back.
Rule Three: The point of all fishing is to become ready to fly fish.
Rule Four: The point of fly fishing is to become reverent in the presence of art and nature.
Rule Five: The Redneck Way and Blalock’s Way run along the same rivers, but they do not come out at the same place.”

Third: Aim high and fight the urge to be too comprehensive.
I’ve found that my commandments help me most when I review them at least daily, to keep them fresh in my mind, and to do this, it helps to keep the list short and snappy. I suspect that Twelve Commandments is too much. Maybe I only need two, “Be Gretchen” and “There is only love.”

After all, Jesus got down to two commandments. When asked, “Master, which is the great commandment in the law?” Jesus answered, “Thou shalt love the Lord they God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” Matthew 22:36-40.

Fourth: Think about what's true for YOU.
Each person’s list will differ. One person resolves to "Say yes," another person resolves to "Say no." You need to think about YOURSELF, your values, your strengths and weaknesses, your interests.

Whenever I write about commandments, people post their own lists in response, and it's always fascinating and inspiring to see what they've chosen. Here are some commandments that other people have adopted. Some might work for you, or spur your own thoughts.

Forget the past.
Do stuff.
Talk to strangers.
Stay in touch.
Make haste to be kind.
Don't wait.
Action, not reaction.
Always with love.
Baby steps.
Reverence.
Recognize my patterns.
Be present.
Don't rehearse unhappiness. [This is one that I really need to think about!]
Live your values.
The more the merrier.
Love is all around.
Notice the color purple.
Friends are more important than sex.
Choose not to take things personally.
Be loving and love will find you.
Encourage others.
Enjoy simplicity.
Rejoice in beauty.
Deeds not words.
Slow down.
Please yourself.
Nothing lasts.
Music helps.
Only a bore is bored.
Do something different.
Consider the source.
Be the fun.
Cut your losses.

If you come up with your own set, please consider posting them. It's very valuable for me and other readers -- seeing other people’s commandments helps clarify what our own commandments need to be.

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Interested in starting your own Happiness Project? If you’d like to take a look at my personal Resolutions Chart, for inspiration, just email me at grubin, then the “at” sign, then gretchenrubin dot com. No need to write anything more than “Resolutions Chart” in the subject line.

Comments

[Daphne]

Hi Gretchen,

I thought I loved your last post (and Stumbled it) but this one is even better. Thanks for the reminder to have a personal commandment or creed. Mine:

Think deeply
Speak gently
Love much
Laugh a lot
Work hard
Give Freely
and Be KIND

In fact I just put this on my blog logo yesterday, in preparation for the coming year, to remind myself how I want to live. Glad to know you're encouraging everyone to do the same!

[Daphne]

Hi Gretchen,

I thought I loved your last post (and Stumbled it) but this one is even better. A few years back I came across a wall hanging and adopted the words on it as my personal creed:

Think deeply
Speak gently
Love much
Laugh a lot
Work hard
Give freely
and be KIND

In fact I just added this to my blog logo yesterday in preparation for next year, to remind myself each time I look at it how I want to live. Thanks for the reminder!

[Daphne]

Oops, sorry. The comment submission page hung the first time so I thought it didn't go through, and re-submitted. That explains the double (and now triple) comments! So sorry. Feel free to delete this and the last repeated comment.

[kathy]

Hi Gretchen
This was such a great exercise. I came up with so many, but opted to keep it very simple:
1. Be me.
2. Be present.
3. Do right.

I figure that if I practice these three consistently, all the others will flow through these.

[Lovelyn]

I love the idea of commandments. Here are mine:

Be honest
Be kind
Listen
Say what you mean
Do what you say

[Marie]

Smile. It's only life.
Live your life with presence.

[Helen Palmer]

What a great post, thanks Gretchen!

Mine (mostly borrowed from yours!)
Do not let the perfect be the enemy of the good
Baby Steps
Don't rehearse unhappiness
Der Weg ist das Ziel (the goal is the journey)

Have also written a longer post on this:
http://nice-cup-of-tea.livejournal.com/504303.html

[Tootie]

I'm going to focus on just one phrase this coming year: "Do small things with great love." It's a modified quote from Mother Teresa, and it's one of my favorites!

[Justin]

Another excellent example of why I'm subscribed to your feed.

I'm still figuring out how to articulate my approach to life, the universe and everything, but it's all based in the fundamentals of doing long-form improvisational theatre.

Act now.
Accept reality.
Don't contradict what's already happened.
Add something constructive.
Be specific.
Allow the scene to happen, don't force it.
Don't try to be, just be.
When you think you'll be mocked is when you've begun to do it correctly.

[Lydia]

I enjoyed your post sooo much. It's a great idea.
so far I only came up with 4
enjoy where you are at
live and let live
finish one task before starting anothera full days work for a full days pay

[Suzanne Carter, Ph.D.]

Thanks for the post - and just saw your BIG PHOTO in the latest Psychology Today mag- very nice!

Here's one that I taped to my computer desk in school:
Don't think, just trot.

[Charlie D.]

Happy New Year Gretchen! Thank you for all you do. Here's a few from my list:

Find reasons to smile and laugh daily
Make my dreams come true
Appreciate life with the eyes of a child

[The Cuminist]

Accept yourself.
Get enough sleep.
Eat breakfast.
When the voices send a gift, accept it and respect it.
Don't let the weeds get taller than the garden (but keep a simple garden).
Remember your wholeness.

[carla]

Be grateful.
Be aware and present.
Be myself.
Have fun.
Laugh often.
Be kind and gentle to everyone, including me.
Have an open mind and open heart.
Love life.

Wonderful post! Thanks for getting me started on this!

[Shanel Yang]

"My 10 Commandments" are:

1. You are the most important bird in your nest.
2. First things first, second things never.
3. Your thoughts create your destiny.
4. You can handle it.
5. Make it work.
6. You don't need to be the best, just better than the rest.
7. Trust your instincts.
8. Make a lot of mistakes, but never the same ones twice.
9. If you want to succeed faster, fail faster.
10. Progress, not perfection.

I explain each of them at http://shanelyang.com/2008/06/23/my-10-commandments/

[Vi]

Live with purpose.
Live with integrity.
Accept others as they are.
Accept reality.
Be honest.
Be yourself.

[Heather Wardell]

Mine are very simple:

Step up. Savour.

Sometimes I procrastinate and don't go after what I want, so the first one's to stop that. MOST of the time, when I succeed I forget to acknowledge and enjoy it, so the second one's to take care of that.

In the spirit of savouring, I have just released my first novel, "Life, Love, and a Polar Bear Tattoo" for free download. It's light-hearted women's fiction, and you can download it via my blog.

I hope this mention is okay. I rarely comment on blogs any more but I am an avid reader of this one because I almost invariably find a little nugget of wisdom that takes away a bit of stress of makes my day just that fragment happier. So thanks, Gretchen!

[Sarah Vela]

i love this, thank you gretchen!

mine, boiled down to the essence:
be present. now is everything.
speak up. speak the truth.
love God, love your neighbor.
act rather than react.

[Zen]

Interesting to see what others wrote. I'm a minimalist, and I limit myself to only three. The first two I took from others, but the third one I wrote.

--Trust your intuition: the universe is guiding your life.
--Better your own dharma (life path) badly done than the dharma of another.
--Don't live on a grey path of mediocrity to avoid pain.

[Kay Browne]

I find this exercise very interesting. I'm certain I'm over-thinking this, but are these intended to be the commandments we have been living by, whether we like it or not, or aspirational? For example, one of my 'internal tapes' has always been "Do What's Required." While this has likely helped me accomplish things in my life, it doesn't exactly make for a fun time. What do you think?

[leona]

Gretchen, thanks for this idea...it really does ask us to consider how we want to live.
Here are mine for 2009:
1. Take care of self-care
2. Don't rehearse unhappiness
3. Start from "what is" just now
4. Lighten up ~ keep things in perspective
5. Presume the best of people first
6. Listen within; trust my inner wisdom
7. Find delight & practice gratitude
8. Be mindful of my thoughts, words & actions
9. Write
10. Be me...the me that feels just fine all over.

[Gary]

Gretchen, your suggestion of writing our personal commandments is a great idea and very thought-provoking. Here are mine:

. Be authentic
. Act humbly
. Show kindness, compassion, respect
. See the big picture
. Live purposefully
. Do what's right
. Make a positive difference
. Be ever grateful

[Charles Jones]

Gretchen, thanks for the post which I traversed via Leo Babauta's Zen Habits blog. I'm reminded of the Boy Scout law I learned many years ago:

Trustworthy
Loyal
Helpful
Friendly
Courteous
Kind
Obedient
Cheerful
Thrifty
Brave
Clean
Reverent

I haven't been involved with the scouts for a long time, but it is interesting what they taught us back then, and how it sticks in my mind still. Not sure about the obedient bit but the rest works for me.

[Erin]

Hi Gretchen,
I've gathered ten commandments that are true for me (thanks to some inspiration from you and a few others). This coming year is my year to begin really paying attention to things that make life better and rewarding. My commandments will be my daily guides.

Commandments:

Act the way I want to feel

Plan and do

Honor that love is all that's needed

Rehearse happiness

It's never too late

Say Yes

Be purposeful

cut the losses

Return to laughter

Embrace failure

[Christina]

Revere in myself as I revere in God. We are one and the same.

[Lianna]

1.) It doesn't matter who is watching; Go ahead and try it anyway.
2.) Stop. Now go.
3.) If you are afraid of it, do it.

Perhaps this can all be summed up in the present day version of Carpe Diem: Go Big or Go Home.

[Ms Turtle]

"Don't rehearse unhappiness." I think I need to practice the flipside of this one: Rehearse happiness! (I need lots of practice.)

Here's one motto I've taken up for 2009: Paint it gold.

Happy New Year!

[Ms. Turtle]

I need to practice "Rehearsing Happiness." And my first motto for 2009 is: Paint It Gold.

Happy New Year and thanks for the wealth of inspiration you've provided here!

[Christopher]

I will continue to:

Love and be loved. Is there anything else?

[amor]

This is great...
came across this from Zen habits' website.

Offhand, my personal commandments are:

1) LIVE as if this were my last.
2) Let others see JESUS in me
3) Be CALM like the blue skies, no matter what the circumstances are.
4) Choose to LOVE.
5) Don't give up on anyone... God ain't finish with us yet. We are all work in PROGRESS.
6) EXPECT... the best is yet to come!

Thanks! Happy New Year!

[amor]

oops... here now is the revised commandments... God bless!

"I, Amor will...

1) LIVE each day as if it were my last.
2) Be CALM like the blue skies, no matter what the passing "clouds" or circumstances are.
3) Choose to LOVE.... and not dwell on negativity...
4) Never give up on anyone... God ain't finish with us yet. We are all work in PROGRESS.
5) TRUST GOD that the best is yet to come!
6) be CONTENTED... and enjoy whatever gifts i already have...
7) OFFER everything for God's greater honor and glory..."

[mamacita]

Write your own happy ending.

[CharlieScribe]

Hi Gretchen,

Just found your site thru Leo's blog and looking forward to your book. Here's my list, built upon some of the great ideas of others here.

We are all One
Live simply so that others may simply live
Learn the lesson, then let go of the past
Action, not reaction
Slow and steady wins the race
Deeds, not Words
Embrace Emotion
Be Love and Creativity
Foundation is the key to Strength

[Steve Williams]

This was the right post at the right time. Sitting on the fence between indolence and the need for a personal renovation your writing pushed me off and into the mud. It's with great hope that I begin to wrestle with commandments.

Thank you!

Steve Williams
Scooter in the Sticks

[Prophecy]

My New Year's resolution,
GodYesOrNo.com

[Prophecy]

My New Year's resolution,
GodYesOrNo.com

[Molly]

I like to call them my "personal reminders" rather than my commandments. Fewer Charlton Heston associations. I really like Vi's list above.

1. Breathe.
2. Be mindful.
3. Notice my body.
4. There is always complexity.
5. I am doing the best I can.
6. Cherish my little patterns.
7. Respond, don't react.
8. Reward myself.
9. Look for the good.
10. Be effective, not right.
11. Love and accept myself as if I were my own child.
12. Others are not like me.

[Gretchen Rubin]

The thing I love about reading other people's commandments is that it is a window into the extraordinary variety, and universality, of human character.

I love seeing what people come up with -- the different kinds of language used, the number of commandments used, the terminology used. Everyone who posted adapted the exercise to himself or herself. Fascinating!

One thing I constantly ask myself about happiness is: what is universal? what depends on a person's character? E.g., some people feel that TRAVEL is a major source of happiness, others (like me), not so much. But while travel isn't universal, it does seem that NOVELTY AND CHALLENGE are universal underpinnings of happiness.

Reading all these resolutions makes good commentary on this question.

I'm taking notes! great ideas here, much to think about.

[Sarah Fain]

I've always been intrigued by your commandments, and I've finally decided to follow your lead! So here are my five:

Live your soul.
Reach out.
Let go.
Take time.
Take steps.

I may the only one who gets them, but I get them on many levels.

For iPhone users, there's an application called Stickies that allows you to create a stickie and make it the wallpaper on your phone. Previously, I had a quote from Helen Keller ("Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing."), but now it has my Five Commandments. So every time I fire up my phone, there they'll be. Happy New Year!

[Nancy]

Hi Gretchen-

Love your blog! This is my first time posting.

Stay authentic
Be kind
Keep a sense of humor
Forego fear
"Someday" is today
Be good ... enough
Perspective, perspective, perspective
"Says who?" (for when those doubting voices -- real or imagined -- emerge)
It's not always about me.

[Ann]

My commandment:

Keep looking.

I've made it to a point in my life where trying to climb up is just greedy. What I need to do is look out: find new places to play, new people to play with, new ideas to read. I need to remember that there is always a way to fit my life with my style, and not the other way around. I just have to find it.

[Mel]

Hi Gretchen! I created my list of 12 Commandments the last time you posted this. You are such an inspiration to me!

1) Pray constantly
2) Think less negatively/don't assume the worst
3) Count my blessings
4) Let it go
5) It doesn't matter (don't sweat the small stuff/look at the big picture)
6) Listen
7) Judge not
8) Don't complain (it could be worse)
9) Speak up
10) Keep in touch
11) We're all in this together
12) Have FUN every single day

I put it up at work and try to look at it every day... If it takes a lifetime to achieve every one, I am willing to make it happen. :O)

Happy New Year!

[Carla Zanoni]

Move and sweat. You always feel better after.

[Paige]

Gretchen,
I have been so inspired by your Happiness Project and I created my own commandments. I am thrilled about them and grateful for your tips. Thanks!

[Paige]

Gretchen,
I have been so inspired by your Happiness Project and I created my own commandments...
1. Laugh often.
2. Let go and let God.
3. Smile.
4. Set smart goals...and achieve them.
5. Love much and with everything you have.
6. Speak up.
7. Never stop learning.
8. Be the best you can be.
9. Don't live with regret.
10. Guilt is wasted energy.
11. Think, but not too much.
12. Respect others.

[Ericka]

I love all the ideas swirling around in here--so many good commandments! I'd like to adopt them all. Here are my own:

Be geniune
Be gentle (with myself, especially)
Offer and ask for forgiveness when called for
Don't try to be right about everything
Say "no" without guilt
Breathe
Laugh at life's absurdities
Hold hands more often
Ask for help--it's ok to not be able to "do it all" sometimes!
Accept love readily and easily

[kyle]

I really enjoy the blog. Here are my 9 Commandments.

Say yes.
Talk to strangers.
Don't wait.
Rejoice in beauty.
Listen fully.
Embrace uncertainty.
Find my querencia.
Savor the process.
Nurture my strengths.

[Vee]

I've never thought about my own commandments before, but after reading this post I realise that lately my mottos have been:

Be the change you want to see
Fake it till you make it
Do it now
Listen to your instincts
Baby steps
Be mindful
Keep in touch
Courage not fear
Be truthful
Be a positive force in the world

[Also a Gretchen, but still in KC]

My Commandments
1. Be Gretchen (this one actually works for me too)
2. Ask for what you need
3. Choose your attitude (my husband tells me this a lot)
4. Take care of yourself
5. Be polite and be fair
6. Give it 90 minutes
7. Don't wait until you're too old to enjoy it
8. Put on your big girl panties and deal with it
9. This too shall pass
10. Do the right thing
11. No one said it would be easy
12. Love and gratitude always

[Todd HellsKitchen]

I posted mine on my blog the other day.... http://hellskitchennyc.blogspot.com/2009/01/todds-ten-twenty-commandments.html

And I thanked you profusely, too!

Happy New Year, Gretchen! Keep up the good work!

[CV Harquail]

These comments are such a compendium of good advice -- worth taking each point one at a time (maybe even one a day?) to savor the wisdom they distill.

I had an odd thought about this nascent list-- it reads like the opposite of the List of Tolerations over at Coach University... (www.synergystrategies.com/toolsdownloads_NEW/Toleration_ideas.doc). (Tolerations are those pesky little annoying things that we put up with that wear us down.) While it's great to be aware of the things that wear us down, it's even better to clarify just what the guidelines are (for each of us specifically) for being our best.

[Amina Hafiz]

Here are my 2009 Commandments:

1. Everything counts
2. Be kind
3. Prepare
4. Write three times a week, even if it’s only a little
5. In a 50/50 relationship, give 100%
6. Learn from experience
7. Respond, not react
8. Create a schedule that works for me
9. Complain less, compliment more.
http://furiouslywriting.blogspot.com/

[Kare Anderson]

Gretchen
Am attending a private gathering to preview BlackLight Films Happiness Reveal - a "documentary film in development with director Louie Schwartzberg." Wonder if you heard about it

[3nity]

Dear Gretchen,
I wish to thank you for this wonderful article and work. It inspired me much to create my own New Year's Resolution.

I have taken the freedom to post the link to your article on my blog in order to share this experience with other people as well. Please feel free to read about my 'Personal Commands' by going to www.dito4all.blogspot.com

Namaste,
3nity

[3nity]

Dear Gretchen,
I wish to thank you for this wonderful article and work. It inspired me much to create my own New Year's Resolution.

I have taken the freedom to post the link to your article on my blog in order to share this experience with other people as well. Please feel free to read about my 'Personal Commands' by going to www.dito4all.blogspot.com

Namaste,
3nity

[3nity]

Thank you Gretchen for this wonderful idea!
Here are mine which can also be reviewed at www.dito4all.blogspot.com

1. Be still.

2. Be present.

3. Be aware.

4. Breathe consciously often.

5. Remember: You are loved!

6. Smile :)

7. SEE Opportunities in Everything.

8. There is a "Yes" in every "No"!

9. Acknowledge other people's beliefs and feelings as well as your own beliefs and feelings without placing judgment upon them.
(None-judgment feels like: 'Maybe' as it gently and subtly acknowledges and accepts different levels of truth)

10. Respond by being conscious of what your heart would say.
(None-resistance inquires: 'Is that so?' and acknowledges all options and beliefs as truth)

11. Trust that Everything is as it is supposed to be.
(None-attachment sais: 'This too shall pass')

12. Feel the presence of Joy often!

[Pamela]

My happiness project started unknowingly with this one quote "Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." Abraham Lincoln

My 12 commandments are:

Be good to yourself
Be loving to everyone
Make positive self talk
Simplify your life
Think happy
Be peaceful
Live each moment fully
Appreciate all that you have
Make the best of your life
Forgive others and yourself
Be creative
Love yourself

[JenWagner]

Smiles, I am coming into this conversation a bit late.........

but here is my list: http://jenuinetech.com/blog/?p=824

And thank you for your blog. I am enjoying reading your thoughts. Thanks for sharing.

Jen

[Jessica]

Hi Gretchen -- I have been talking about this particular post to many folks I know. I encourage at least a person a week to give it a whirl. I did mine and have been posting them in all sorts of places in my house... So helpful to keep them right in front of my face! Thank you for your wonderful posts, including this one.

My commandments:
- Breathe into the moment
- Feel it all
- The oxygen mask goes on me first
- Perfection is the enemy of the good
- Practice reverence
- Let go and let God
- Choose love

[Dan]

I worked on my own list this morning, I don't think it is done but it's a decent start.

1) Be true to myself
2) Don't rehearse unhappiness
3) The only person you can change is yourself
4) Be kind to others
5) Actions speak louder than words
6) Do not let Perfect be the enemy of Good
7) Do not Procrastinate
8) Let the past be the past

This blog has already helped me immensely, as one of my main goals is to become a happier and more trusting person. Thanks for the inspiration.

[Brad Clark]

I am going to take some time to contemplate what my Resolution chart might look like. I in particular found that Gretchen's goals for August, November and December resonated with me.
An interesting (perhaps) side note: Six months ago or so I saw the reasonably entertaining Jack Nicholson/Morgan Freeman movie "Bucket List," which picqued my interest. After all, I am over 50, so I did a little scribbling. I've attached a list I came up with. However, as you are probably aware, there are a number of websites devoted to this subject, like "ReaperList.com" and "SuperViva". (In fact, the list I've attached is something I put together on "SuperViva."
What I found was that by going through, contemplating, and then writing down and prioritizing these goals, it revealed to me what (apparently) is really important to me. I found it a useful exercise and not inconsistent, although of course on a longer and "grander" scale than a one-year resolution chart. I have included the "top" five items on my list:

1. Embrace a sense of spirituality
2. Attempt to live in the moment
3. Keep an exercise and nutrition discipline
4. Be present for moments of joy
5. Keep myself open to transcendence

The other items on my list are really more "check 'em off" type things, like "go sky diving" or "spend two weeks in Paris," so I don't think they would have much meaning for others.

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[Holly]

Here's my preliminary list:
1. I can't control everything
2. Don't take it out on them
3. Wait, think, then act
4. Just DO it
5. Choose happiness
6. Identify the problem
7. Listen, don't wait to talk
8. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good
9. Recognize your patterns/ Don't do the same thing and expect different results
10. Handle criticism/don't take it so personally
11. It is not my place to judge
12. Think before you complain
13. Have realistic expectations
14. Don't get overwhelmed

[Molly]

Thank you so much for sharing your Project. I have begun my own endeavor today and have created my own commandments. Here they are!

1. Be honest with everyone, including myself.
2. Manage my emotions.
3. Release the fear of failure.
4. Have patience with myself in everything.
5. Slow down and enjoy my food.
6. Act, don't react.
7. Love unconditionally.
8. Breathe deep.
9. Listen actively.
10. Never shy away from what feels right.

[angie]

1. One Day at a Time.
2. Be Honest with yourself.
3. Be Content.
4. Enjoy this moment.
5. Be Accepting.
6. Do it with passion.
7. Get Over it.
8. Have Faith.
9. This too shall pass.
10. Have gratitude.

Thanks!

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God bless us!!

[Susan Klein]

I had a boss who told me that when I put my mind to it, I was unstoppable, but that I lacked consistency. Boy, was he right on target. So, my number one commandment is, "Be Consistent."

[Tania]

Here is my list:
1. Honour yourself
2. Dream Big
3. Shine
4. Keep up
5. Do your best
6. Faith, trust and pixie dust
7. All is well
8. This too shall pass
9. Gossip is black magic
10. Inspire and be inspired
11. Keep it simple
12. Don't take things personally

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Be good to yourself
Be loving to everyone
Make positive self talk
Simplify your life
Think happy
Be peaceful
Live each moment fully
Appreciate all that you have
Make the best of your life
Forgive others and yourself
Be creative
Love yourself

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1. One Day at a Time.
2. Be Honest with yourself.
3. Be Content.
4. Enjoy this moment.
5. Be Accepting.
6. Do it with passion.
7. Get Over it.
8. Have Faith.
9. This too shall pass.
10. Have gratitude.