2. Remember a happy, peaceful time in your
past. Rest there. Each moment has richness that takes a lifetime to savor.
3. Set your own pace. When someone is pushing
you, it's OK to tell them they're pushing.
4. Take nothing for granted: watch water flow,
the corn grow, the leaves blow, your neighbor mow.
5. Taste your food. God gives it to delight as
well as to nourish.
6. Notice the sun and the moon as they rise
and set. They are remarkable for their steady pattern of movement, not their
speed.
7. Quit planning how you're going to use what
you know, learn, or possess. God's gifts just are; be grateful and their
purpose will be clear.
8. When you talk with someone, don't think
about what you'll say next. Thoughts will spring up naturally if you let them.
9. Talk and play with children. It will bring
out the unhurried little person inside you.
10. Create a place in your home...at your
work...in your heart...where you can go for quiet and recollection. You deserve
it.
11. Allow yourself time to be lazy and
unproductive. Rest isn't a luxury; it's a necessity.
12. Listen to the wind blow. It carries a
message of yesterday and tomorrow-and now. NOW counts.
13. Rest on your laurels. They bring comfort
whatever their size, age, or condition.
14. Talk slower. Talk less. Don't talk.
Communication isn't measured by words.
15. Give yourself permission to be late
sometimes. Life is for living, not scheduling.
16. Listen to the song of a bird; the complete
song. Music and nature are gifts, but only if you are willing to receive them.
17. Take time just to think. Action is good
and necessary, but it's fruitful only if we muse, ponder, and mull.
18. Make time for play - the things you like
to do. Whatever your age, your inner child needs re-creation.
19. Watch and listen to the night sky. It
speaks.
20. Listen to the words you speak, especially
in prayer.
21. Learn to stand back and let others take
their turn as leaders.There will always be new opportunities for you to step
out in front again.
22. Divide big jobs into little jobs. If God
took six days to create the universe, can you hope to do any better?
23. When you find yourself rushing and
anxious, stop. Ask yourself "WHY?" you are rushing and anxious. The
reasons may improve your self-understanding.
24. Take time to read the Bible. Thoughtful
reading is enriching reading.
25. Direct your life with purposeful choices,
not with speed and efficiency. The best musician is one who plays with
expression and meaning, not the one who finishes first.
26. Take a day off alone; make a retreat. You
can learn from monks and hermits without becoming one.
27. Pet a furry friend. You will give and get
the gift of now.
28. Work with your hands. It frees the mind.
29. Take time to wonder. Without wonder, life
is merely existence.
31. Once in a while, turn down the lights, the
volume, the throttle, the invitations. Less really can be more.
32. Let go. Nothing is usually the hardest
thing to do - but often it is the best.
33. Take a walk-but don't go anywhere. If you
walk just to get somewhere, you sacrifice the walking.
34. Count your friends. If you have one, you
are lucky. If you have more, you are blessed. Bless them in return.
35. Count your blessings - one at a time and
slowly.
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