How to make a better life

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.

3. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement,

'My purpose is to __________ today.'

4. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants (wholefood) and eat less food that is manufactured .

5. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, and almonds.

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 don't 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. Time heals everything.

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. Please forward this to everyone you care about.

kristi cia yo

My favourite quotes from my favourite book (furuba)

"Even if it's not 100 percent...You can always meet each other half-way." (Tohru)

"My mom told me, it's better to trust people than to doubt them. She said that people aren't born with kind hearts. When we're born, all we have are desires for food and material things. Selfish instincts, I guess. But she said that kindness is something that grows inside of each person's body, but it's up to us to nurture that kindness in our hearts. That's why kindness is different for every person." (Tohru)

"My mom said, that when you become a parent, you understand for the first time what a parent feels. But what you really need to understand, what you really shouldn't forget...Is what you felt like as a child. (Tohru)

"I want to live with all my memories. Even if they're sad memories...Even if they're memories that only hurt me...Even if they're memories I'd rather forget. If I keep them, and keep trying then someday..Someday I'll be strong enough that those memories won't defeat me. I believe that...I want to believe that. (Momiji)

"...It's not that I've suddenly become stronger, or that something has changed. I'm still shaking...But...We don't have to let those fears stop us. What's most important...Is that we try to rise above our weaknesses." (Kisa)

"I know it's not good to be weak and helpless...But I don't think it's good to be too strong either. In our society, they talk about survival of the fittest. But we're not animals...We're human. (Yuki)

"If you think of someone's good qualities as the umeboshi in an onigiri, it's as if their qualities are stuck to their back! People around the world are like onigiri. Everyone has an umeboshi with a different shape and color and flavor. But because it's stuck on their back, they might not be able to see their umeboshi. There's nothing special about me. I'm just white rice." [in her head] That's not true. There is an umeboshi -- on your back. [aloud] Maybe the reason people get jealous of each other, is because they can see so clearly the umeboshi on other people's backs. I can see them, too. I can see them perfectly. There's an amazing umeboshi on your back, Kyo-kun." (Tohru)

"What does snow become when it melts?" (Hatori)
"It becomes spring! No matter how cold it is now, spring will come again! Without fail. It's strange isn't it? But it's true." (Tohru)

"Mom taught me that people's differences are something to celebrate. When I thought of all the different shapes of human kindness -- imagining them as round or square...I got really excited. Your kindness is like a candle Sohma-kun. I can feel it light up, and I just want to smile. It's that kind of kindness." (Tohru)

"...As they played the game...I waited for someone to call "onigiri." But no one called. I was very little then. I had almost forgotten about that...But they knew...there would never be room for an onigiri...in a fruits basket." (Tohru)

"Here. It says to 'like yourself.' But good things about yourself... how are you supposed to find them? I only know things I hate about myself. 'Cause that's all I know, I hate myself. But even if you force yourself to find good things... it feels so empty. It doesn't work that way. People like your teacher just don't get it. I think... when you hear someone say they like you, for the first time... then you can begin to like yourself. I think when someone accepts you, for the first time... you feel like you can... forgive yourself a little. You can begin to face your fears... with courage." (Yuki)

"For there to be pain, there has to be kindness. For darkness to stand out, there has to be the sun." (Kyoko)

"You can't have "hito", the character that means person, without two lines supporting each other." (Ayame)

can't believe all this amazing quotes comes from a manga not from some more intelligent books. So love this book because it can taught me a lot of stuff :). 


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