Taken from MindBodyGreen.com (one of my favorite things to read on my RSS)
Here are ten life changing tips inspired by quotes from His Holiness, the Dalai Lama:
1. Be grateful to be alive
“Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.”
2. Be kind
“My religion is very simple. My religion is
kindness.”
3. Work at being happy
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Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”
4. Embrace life’s challenges
“There is a saying in Tibetan, ‘Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength.’ No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that’s our real disaster.”
5. Be optimistic
“Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.”
6. Help others
“Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.”
7. Be compassionate
“I believe compassion to be one of the few things we can practice that will bring immediate and long-term happiness to our lives.”
8. Embrace setbacks
“Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.”
9. Find strength from within
“When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways – either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength.”
10. Don’t judge others
“People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.”
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I know that this won’t be easy to do but I am definitely going to try to think about these 10 things on a daily basis. I think for the most part, I do live this way. Though #8, #9 are two that I really need to work on.
I have to say that Yoga is definitely helping me a lot with happiness and oddly enough #8 and #9. I think it overall makes me feel confident and really releases my stress.
I love reading quotes by the Dalai Lama and think he’s been a huge source of inspiration for me. I like to live my life positively and try my best to see the silver lining, no matter how bad it gets. (I do have my bad days though)
What do you guys think? Do these 10 sound about right for a healthy life?
I’m so nervous about the surgery but I know it’s going to be ok. I’m going to continue doing yoga and hopefully pregnancy will happen soon.
Meanwhile, I will definitely keep these 10 things in mind.
Not perfect but getting there by practicing everyday! Downward dog/yoga.
These are delightful to read! I’ll def. keep these in mind always. P.S I suck at yoga simply because I am SOOO inflexible (no kidding) I can’t even touch my fingers to the ground with those poses
(( you are doing such a great job!
Noooo! Yoga is perfect for those that aren’t flexible. Actually my husband can barely do any of the poses too and he’s doing them slowly everyday and it is getting better and better. I think it helps to take a few classes first so you know the postures and correctly stand in them. They say that yoga breathing and correct posture (even with knees bent) is way better than being flexible and doing those poses.
Don’t give up!
there are some easier, meditative/calming yoga poses that are excellent too. I’ll look them up for you!
thanks annie! you are so sweet… I always scare of entering a class since I have always imagine they would laugh at me for looking so ridiculous! but I guess I should give it a try and see
I am going to find some good yoga sights for you to get started at home.
Don’t you worry, it doesn’t matter if you’re flexible or not… eventually it will help w/it! 
A friend passed away yesterday, and this was so nice to read.
I am so sorry for your loss and am glad that this was nice to read for you during your hard time. If you ever need to talk, please feel free to email me any time. XO
That is definitely harder than it looks! Way to go yeh-eun!! Those words are calming, definitely good to keep repeating to myself. Thanks for introducing me to that blog, I’ll add it to my reader as well.