dear sweet potato,
sometimes it's hard to know what's important and what's not important, so i thought i'd share some things i've learned during my 40 years on earth:
ONE
important!: love yourself. everything else starts here.
not important: self-consciousness about what self-love means. if you don't already love yourself--and know it--i'm sorry. i've let you down.
TWO
important!: eat for health. it's much easier to maintain good health than to reclaim your health, and healthy food tastes good, too. (learn to cook.)
not important: being the odd man out when everyone else is eating deep fried food or sugary food or over-processed food...
THREE
important!: use your body. walk when you can. find a vigorous form of exercise you enjoy and do it regularly.
not important: how you exercise. run, do martial arts, play team sports, dance...
FOUR
important! be true to yourself
not important: "friends" who don't support you. ditch the fake friends and seek out the ones who enrich your life.
FIVE
important!: recognize that life is change, that everything is impermanent. appreciate the people and things you love, fresh air, clean water, trees, animals, blue skies.
not important: the mystery of life. no one knows why and no one will ever know why (despite what they tell you).
SIX
important!: express yourself. let your love be known. love drives all good in the world.
not important: feeling foolish. you'll get over it.
SEVEN
important!: your mind can be your friend or your enemy. make friends with it through meditation.
not important: meditation is boring. you can't sit still. you'll do it later. that's your enemy mind talking.
EIGHT
important!: believe it is possible. whatever it is that matters to you, no matter how long the odds or how bleak the landscape, believe it is possible. then act.
not important: being dismissed as a dreamer. dreamers invent the world.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
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3 comments:
these are good things for ME to know - thank you!
Wow!!! You are back!! How delighted, I am! I was wondering waht had hapenned to you; but some thing deep down, told me that you would be back.
I kept making comments on your old site with the hope that you would answer; when I made the last one and you didn't, I thought some thing must be real serious to make you not respond - not to me only, but to all those people commenting.
I guess it's the 'Little Bear' who kept you away all this time. Well come back! And do have my very best wishes in all that you do. Pass my regards to your family.
hi omar,
thanks for visiting my new blog. i have been busy with more than just the little bear. if you read through the first couple of blog posts here you will see. i am sorry i never responded to you comments on the old site. i did read them and it was so nice to know you cared.
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