“When the Japanese mend broken objects, they aggrandize the damage by filling the cracks with gold. They believe that when something’s suffered damage and has a history it becomes more beautiful.” ~ unknown
15. Damaged? Fill your cracks with gold. Then bow and admire your beauty.
14. Give compliments to strangers. Watch their eyes light up. Let that be enough of a thank you for today.
13. Make time to create beauty. Stamp a mark on this earth by leaving a legacy your momma & children would be proud of.
12. Find someone who will row the boat when you’re tired. Accept help sometimes.
11. Move more than you sit. Go ride your bike, dance, fly or go ahead and yoga smoga. Doesn’t matter what you do, as long as you move and breathe and move some more.
10. Life is serious enough. Be lighthearted, participate fully and play by the rules, please.
9. Nourish your soul. Make time to be alone but not when you’re lonely.
8. Don’t eat all the cake. Be mindful. Unless of course, it’s your birthday. Then you can eat it all. No regrets.
7. Gumdrop mountain exists just past the ice cream sea. Be adventurous. Pack your bags and go find it.
6. Laugh or cry or both. Let your emotions fly. Holding back creates hardness of heart and soul.
5. Stand in the sunshine. Walk in the rain. Sit by the water. Do one of these every day and the earth will whisper it’s ageless secrets.
4. Be Thankful and tell someone about it.
3. Don’t take anything personally. It’s really not about you.
2. Learn to recognize that love isn’t always what you think it should look like.
1. Ask yourself everyday: Are you doing what makes you come alive? *
*To start from the beginning, read #1… and work your way backwards, as with all things in life. Starting from the beginning generally works best.
