Life's Handbook for 2009

Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy.
5. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games.
7. Read more books than you did in 2008.
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.


Personality:
11. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake.
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.


Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time w/ people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.


Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come.
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

Author unknown

Special thanks to my friend Hutch for the email!

Second Astronaut, First African American to Head NASA

Charles F. Bolden, Jr., who has flown four space missions, has been nominated by President Obama to navigate NASA through the some rocky times. The Columbia, S.C. native and retired Marine Maj. Gen. is withholding comment on being picked for the position until the Senate confirmations are held.

Colleagues and friends of Bolden speak of him as a capable and caring leader who will be the perfect person for the job. He still lives in Houston a few miles from Johnson Space Center where he owns a consulting firm.

Stand - A Film by Tavis Smiley

Please watch Stand the Movie this Sunday, May 24th,
on TV One at 9PM ET/PT, 8PM CT. The film marks Tavis
Smiley's directorial debut.

As America approached the historic presidential election,
the national dialogue and debate intensified about race
relations, politics and the legacy of the civil rights movement.
Tavis Smiley dissects this national discourse with ten Black
male friends over several days during a special road trip
through Memphis and Nashville. STAND reveals the journey of
a unique group of scholars, musicians, comedians and social
critics as they gather for a rare reflection of brotherhood
while confronting their own roles and responsibilities as
pioneers of social progress.



Visit Stand the Movie for more details, including holding your own local community screening or giving your stand.

CAST:
Tavis Smiley, Dick Gregory, Michael Eric Dyson, Cornel West, Cliff West, Eddie Glaude, BeBe Winans, Wren T. Brown, Daron Boyce, Robert Smith and Raymond Ross. Special appearances by Sam Moore, Isaac Hayes and David Porter.