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Archive for January 18th, 2011

I bookmark an inspiring blog post from a fellow Mommy blogger, Chris (chrischronicles.com), and it’s about 2011 Resolutions.  She got a good list of guidelines from My Mom Friday that would be helpful everyone to achieve a successful, wise and the best 2011 one could ever have.

Here are the guidelines:

Health
01. Drink plenty of water.
02. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper
03. Live with the 3 E’s: Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy.
04. Make time to pray.
05. Play more games.
06. Read more books than you did in 2010.
07. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
08. Sleep for 7 hours each day.
09. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.

Personality
10. Know your limits.
11. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
12. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip.
13. Dream more while you are awake.
14. Envy is a waste of time; you already have all you need.
15. Forget issues of the past don’t remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
16. Life is too short to waste time hating others.
17. Make peace with your past and accept your mistakes. We’re only human.
18. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
19. Smile and laugh more often.
20. You don’t have to win every argument, agree to disagree.

Society
21. Call your family and friends more often.
22. Each day give something good to others.
23. Forgive everyone for everything, even thought it’s hard!
24. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
25. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
26. What other people think of you is none of your business. Who cares?

Life
27. Do the right thing!
28. TIME heals everything.
29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
30. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

Very inspiring and inviting list, isn’t it? Having gone through a sickly December, I think I’d be most particular with Health this year so yes, I’ll take note of the first 9 items listed.  It did not mention anything about diet pills but for sure, people, especially those who are in the heavy side are called to lose weight for a better and healthier 2011.

Thank you, Mommy Chris, for sharing the link and the guidelines.

That’s the line I’ve read from a poster hanging by the floor Nurses’ Station wall in the hospital where I was confined last December.  It’s basically a simple, very short reminder…that we should eat healthy.  That we shouldn’t take for granted the things we feed our body and most especially, our health.  It may be fun and greatly satisfying eating all those yummy foods we usually enjoy: burgers, steaks, fried foods, alcoholic drinks, etc.  But have we thought how our body will get back to us and take it’s toll?  Unconsciously, we tend to abuse our body by eating these harmful foods that we can not take in in moderation.  It will really come back to haunt us in the future.  We may be surviving now or a few years after consumption but if this practice continues and we don’t change our lifestyles, our health will be greatly at risk. 

We’ve heard so many cases about people getting sick of the Big C of the colon.  Although sometimes inevitable because of hereditary reasons, contracting this may be greatly avoided through colon cleansing.  It unavoidable, it may also be detected early so medications can start and eradicate the dangerous cells.  Colon cleansing products are now commonly found everywhere but precaution should always be exercised.  The expertise and assistance of a medical professional must always be sought.