1. Love and Laugh often (you never know how long we’ll be here)
2. Get some exercise every day – it’s good for the mind
3. Read – it’ll broaden your horizons
4. Travel – it’s good for the soul
5. Say I love you and mean it!
6. Try not to judge others – perhaps you won’t be as hard on yourself
7. Try to eat as well as you can
8. Rest when you can
9. Do the dishes before you go to bed, you’re only going to bed…
10. Listen to your body – you know it best
11. Try to be the best role model for the young
12. Try not to speak harshly
13. Don’t sweat getting older – it happens to everybody
14. Don’t leave the house without presenting yourself the best you can
15. Remember everyone is human and likely to err
16. Patience truly is a virtue
17. Be silly
18. Make TO DO Lists and do them!
19. Try to wake up everyday being glad you’re alive
20. Everyone has an opinion, you don’t always have to share
21. Have an open mind and listen
22. Be willing to try new things
23. Be adventurous – you only live once
24. Have a hobby
25. Be a true friend – it’s not the quantity it’s the quality of everything
26. Moderation in most things is a good idea
27. Try to have a nice word for people you interact with daily
28. Hold doors for others, it’s kind
29. Love your family
30. A true compliment to a stranger should be uttered, it will make their day
31. Enjoy the company of your spouse – otherwise why are they your spouse?
32. Keep a neat home, clutter around you clutters the mind
33. Keep a clean home (it does matter)
34. Enjoy what you eat – it is nourishing your body
35. Don’t be cheap with money or affection
36. Don’t believe you can’t do it
37. Try, try, and try again
38. Always do your best, if sweeping, doing dishes, do it the best you can
39. Enjoy beauty while you’re in it
40. Don’t over-share
41. Remember what you say in anger can’t be unsaid
42. Honor your elders
43. Remember your parents and treasure them
44. Explore your creativity
45. Live consciously
46. Don’t rush through life, it is to be lived
47. Don’t look back, except to enjoy the memories, it’s the PAST
48. Live in the PRESENT
49. Look forward to the FUTURE
50. Breathe
© Evelyn Garone 11.6.14