GUEST POST : Vivek Toshniwal
Don’t sweat the Small Stuff.
- Simple ways to keep the little things from taking over your life!
- Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff.
- Make Peace with Imperfection.
- Let Go of the idea that gentle, relaxed people can’t be Super Achievers.
- Be aware of the Snowball Effect of your Thoughts.
- Develop your Compassion.
- Remind yourself that when you die, your ‘in-basket’ won’t be empty.
- Don’t Interrupt others or Finish their sentences.
- Do something Nice for someone else – and don’t Tell anyone about it.
- Let others have the Glory.
- Learn to live in the Present moment.
- Imagine that everyone is Enlightened except You.
- Let others be ‘Right’ most of the time.
- Become more Patient.
- Create ‘Patience Practice Periods’.
- Be the first one to act Loving or reach out.
- Ask yourself the question, “Will this matter a year from now?”
- Surrender to the fact that Life is not Fair.
- Allow yourself to be Bored.
- Lower your Tolerance to Stress.
- Once a week, write a Heartfelt Letter.
- Imagine yourself at your own Funeral.
- Repeat to yourself, “Life is not an Emergency!”
- Experiment with your Back Burner.
- Spend a moment everyday thinking of Something to Thank for and Someone to Thank to.
- Smile at Strangers, look into their eyes, and say, “Hello!”
- Set aside Quiet time, Every Day.
- Imagine the people in your life as Tiny Infants and One Hundred-Year-Old Adults.
- Seek First to Understand.
- Become a better Listener.
- Choose your battles Wisely.
- Become aware of your Moods, and don’t allow yourself to be fooled by the low ones.
- Life is a Test. It’s only a test!
- Praise and Blame are all the Same.
- Practice random acts of Kindness.
- Look beyond Behaviour.
- See the Innocence.
- Choose being Kind over being Right.
- Tell 3 people (today) how much you Love them!
- Practice Humility.
- When in doubt about whose Turn it is to take out the trash, go ahead and take it out.
- Avoid Weather Proofing.
- Spend a moment every day, thinking of Someone to Love.
- Become an Anthropologist.
- Understand separate Realities.
- Develop your own helping rituals.
- Every day tell at least one person something you admire or appreciate about them.
- Argue your own limitations, and they are yours.
- Remember that everything has God’s fingerprints on it.
- Resist the urge to criticize.
- Write down your five most stubborn positions and see If you can soften them.
- Just for fun, agree with criticism directed towards you (then watch it go away).
- Search for the Grain of Truth in others’ opinions.
- See the glass as already broken (and everything else, too).
- Understand the statement – “Wherever you go, there you Are!”
- Breathe before you speak.
- Be grateful when you are feeling good and graceful when you are feeling bad.
- Become a less aggressive driver.
- Relax!
- Adopt a child through the mail.
- Turn your Melodrama into a Mellow-Drama!
- Read articles and books with entirely different points of view from your own and try to learn something.
- Do one thing at a time – avoid multi-tasking.
- Count to Ten.
- Practice being in the ‘Eye of the Storm’.
- Be flexible with changes in your plans.
- Think of what you have instead of what you want.
- Practice ignoring your Negative thoughts.
- Be willing to learn from friends and family.
- Be Happy where you Are!
- Remember that you become what you practice most.
- Quiet the Mind.
- Take up Yoga or any form of exercise.
- Make service an integral part of your life.
- Do a favour and don’t ask for, or expect, one in return.
- Think of your problems as potential teachers.
- Get comfortable not knowing!
- Acknowledge the totality of your being!
- Cut yourself some slack.
- Stop blaming others.
- Become an early riser.
- When trying to be helpful, focus on little things.
- Lighten up!
- Nurture a plant.
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