1. Do some physical exercise everyday
2. Yoga is your friend in mind body and spirit
3. Never Stop learning
4. Keep giving your time and talents to others
5. Forgive always
6. Say I LOVE YOU often, even to the dog or cat…
7. Make noise with your voice, a drum, a hammer.. it helps get the stuff out
8. Get messy – cook – garden – paint – express yourself
9. Its OK just to sit outside and breathe
10. Love and Hope are great healers… use often

1. Remember that no matter how far away, or how off-the-grid you are, we’re all connected.
2. Love is the answer to every problem.
3. The universe knows exactly what you need at every moment.
4. Every moment is perfect.
5. Cry when you need to. It’s cleansing.
6. Hug people…and pets.
7. Smile, even when no one’s looking. It’ll make you feel great!
8. Don’t worry about changing the world. Change yourself, and your world will change around you.
9. Don’t get stuck by labels or titles. Wear mismatched clothing, squat down to play with the ants, sing, dance, and pick flowers just like when you were five!
10. Your mind is your world – keep it healthy!

1. Do one thing that’s outside of your comfort zone everyday
2. Love without limits, questions, doubts- fearlessly
3. Smile at EVERYONE
4. Give
5. Find the humor in every situation
6. Find what makes you happy
7. Be who you truly are and not who everyone else wants you to be
8. Live for today, not yesterday or tomorrow
9. Forgive
10. Take time for yourself

Thanks beautiful ladies! Here’s mine:

1. Share your smile with everyone you meet.
2. Eat live food…you’ll feel alive.
3. Move joyfully each & every day.
4. Practice random acts of kindness.
5. Write a letter to a soldier and/or child at camp.
6. Hug someone who may not get any daily hugs.
7. Do something that excites you & challenges you! (Ex: yoga)
8. Dream.
9. Trust that everything happens at exactly the right moment.
10. Don’t worry about making a list….just enjoy! xo.

1) if you do something you know is wrong…APOLOGIZE!!!
2) not everyone will like you…and that is OK!!!
3) sometimes ignorance IS bliss
4) you don’t have to agree with everyone but you should be respectful!
5) involve your kids or friends in a “clean up your community” roadside trash collection tradition for earth day! (see out communities as part of a bigger picture)
6) know that the only person we should strive to be better than is the person we were yesterday!!
7) It is perfectly fine to feel BIG emotions!
8) THINK FOR YOURSELF!!!!!
9) Never lend money you are not willing to write off!!!
10) this is your live….be around people who make you want to be a better, nicer, and kinder person!

1) Rules change from place to place, person to person
2) Don’t beat yourself up if you don’t follow your own rules
3) If you break a rule, there is always the very next minute to start fresh after admitting you broke the rule (example: no yelling at my kids.) I also apologize in the admittance phase.
4) Only break the rules if you know how to follow rules… it can be creative, liberating.
5) Sometimes rules rule our lives… pick the rules that are meaningful for you.

1) Close your eyes, and give yourself a hug often.
2) Tell others in your life how important they are to you and why they are irreplaceable.
3) Practice yoga and meditation, and evaluate the changes these practices bring to your life.
4) Journal frequently. Doodling counts, as long as pen is going to paper.
5) Ask strangers if you can pet their dogs.
6) Remember when talking to the elderly, that although they may not be as sufficient at this moment, they have gone through a lot and most likely have wisdom beyond your years.
7) That said, allow the elderly to teach you.
8) Spend time everyday thinking only about someone else and how you can enhance his/her life.
9) Keep not only your body physically challenged but your mind as well.
10) Appreciate and acknowledge every gift you are given.
11) Say “thank you” a lot.
12) Smile a lot.
13) When you know someone else needs a hand, lend yours.
14) Seek out what makes you truly happy and inspired.
15) Use rules as guidelines and adjust to what makes sense for you where you are right now.

1. “This too shall pass”, so savour the great moments and know you’ll survive the bad ones.
2. Have compassion for all living things. Everyone has a role to play on this great earth (yes, ever spiders!)
3. Laugh. Sometimes at yourself, often with others.
4. Find the blessing in everything, and turn your wounds into wisdom.
5. Travel and discover other cultures. Learn one word in that country’s language. You’ll be surprised at how many new friends you make.
6. Share your gifts with the world. Many will be happy to receive them.
7. Know that you are beautiful, right now, exactly as you are. You are enough and you are worthy.
8. Love with abandon. It takes great courage, but the rewards are extraordinary.
9. Step out of your comfort zone. Each small risk is a giant victory.
10. The word “impossible” doesn’t really exist. Erase it from your mental dictionary.

1. Truly understand the reason why you are here is to become a better human being. Though the mistakes, the hurts, the smiles, the connections, and everything else that comes your way. Let them teach you something. Be grateful for it all.
2. Always be open to learning new things. Those who believe they know it all are dead. Stay alive.
3. Smile. It takes so little effort to do it, yet it could change a moment, a day, your life, and the life of those you smile at.
4. Love yourself. Despite all that you think is not ok with you. It’s ok. You are still lovable and perfect just the way you are.
5. You are worth it.
6. You were born to be happy. The day we learn to act instead of react and simply accept people/things/situations as they are without allowing them the power to affect us negatively, we will be happy 100% of the time. That day, we will have gotten it.
7. Truly connect with those around you. Every encounter is a divine assignment. Make it count.
8. Understand that even if you have lost a lot of things, the love you have within you can get you through whatever life presents you with. There is deep wisdom in that love, and there is always more where it came from. Love.
9. Practice compassion.
10. Understand everyone is doing the best they can do, even if their best is less than what you would expect. Love them and be grateful for their presence in your life regardless.
11. Be grateful. When you feel sad, lonely, bummed out, depressed, take a piece of paper and list all of the blessings that are currently part of your life, not forgetting the small things like the ability to see, hear, taste, walk, dance, smell, smile…
12. Practice more listening than speaking. There is a reason why we have only one mouth, but two ears. Use them wisely.
13. Words are like toothpaste: it’s really easy to squeeze it out of the tube but almost impossible to put it back in. Think before you squeeze the toothpaste out.
14. Do at least one thing you LOVE doing every single day.
15. Have fun! Don’t take yourself or life too seriously. Remember, we were created to be happy.

Just keep swimming

Love thyself, know thyself.

1. Spend some time outside every day
2. Spend time cuddling every day (can be with your pet, I totally agree about having a dog!!!)
3. Laugh lots. At the little things too. Amusing yourself is important
4. Forgive. Life is too short to hold onto that stuff
5. Move every day (yoga, walking, cardio, whatever works for you!)
6. Love. Tell people you love them. Tell them again. I don’t think you can say it too much
7. Take time to slow down and be unproductive
8. Everything in moderation, including moderation
9. Be silly. It helps with the laughing It’s one of my favorite parts of working with kids
10. Do nice things for other people. It makes both of you feel good and takes your mind off your own stuff
11. Be yourself. Be genuine. Be real. And hang out with similar people. They’ll appreciate it.
12. Do something that scares you sometimes (handstands, crow pose, asking for someone’s number)
13. HAVE FUN!!!

Love you girl!!! XOXO

My father told me that he and my mother would “Agree to Disagree”. I work in a partner-teaching style position taking care of developmentally disabled adults in a day hablitation program. The other person and I have “agreed to disagree” and found this is much better than. when one person is afraid to say she disagrees. T

Live every day like its your last, love every person like they are your first and when life gets too difficult, drink a beer or glass of wine and rethink.

1. Love

2. Respect Everyone

3. Do Something That Matters

4. Dream

5. Create

6. Have Fun

7. Care

8. Explore

9. Say Hi To Everyone

10. Listen

11. Share

12. Expect Nothing In Return

13. Get Lost In Music

14. Trust Yourself

15. Be Awesome

1. Wake up with a smile everyday.

2. Help someone big or small whenever you can.

3. Don’t expect anything in return.

4. Let the sunshine in bedroom window to wake up by.

5. Pet my two kitties everyday.

6. Call your parent/parents if they are still alive.

7. Be understanding. You never know what is going on in someone’s life

8. Always say thank you and appreciate what someone has done for you.

9. Look at flowers and take in their beauty.

Hey Jen, you’ve started a good thing, here’s my faith in the goodness of life:

1. Respect yourself.

2. Every war is not worth winning.

3. Behind everyone’s negative emotion lies some
hurt, so be kind.

4. Use silence to teach.

5. Have love for everyone in your heart.

6. Have the ultimate faith and understanding that
all is right.

7. Love yourself as you are, physically and
mentally, because only one You exists. Do justice to urself.

8. Don’t waste time explaining to those who don’t
want to understand.

9. Learn to want yourself as a friend.

10. Have the ultimate romance with yourself.

11. Always, always, always be grateful.

12. Do what makes u happy – singing, walking in the rain,
anything, let nature help u connect with urself.

13. Use wisdom to prepare and strengthen yourself.

14. Seek the grace of all who surround you – the living and
non living – and you have the grace of God.

15. Just smile…………why? Why not?

1. Say “good morning” and “I love you” first thing every morning to whom ever is in your bed, & if it’s just YOU, that’s right say it to yourself!

2. Dance, jump around, get jiggly with it… For 2 mins blast the tunes and do just that.

3. Smile, laugh, smile. Repeat. Dude even if your day sucks find the humor in it… It’s always there.

4. Laugh @ yourself, c’mon it’s fun. And cry when you want, it’s a human shower:)

5. Look into others eyes with kindness, they are human just like you

6. Eat fruit, it’s natures candy. Eat fresh greens; natures power/fuel

7. Be curious! Wonder why the sky is blue, dogs noses are damp, and babies have no judgement….

8. Play- every day

I love this idea of making a list of what’s important to us and make it a priority in our lives!

Lately, I’ve been focusing on simplifying my personal list to just one:

1. Live my bliss.*

(*Acknowledge and allow all feelings along the way.)

What I’ve noticed for me is that when I live my bliss (doing the things that I love most DAILY), everything falls together from there “magically”…and I NATURALLY do all those other things that were previously on my list that I had to always try and focus and remember to do…which I found tedious and “efforting”.

The reason I have a asterisk on there (“acknowledging and allowing all feelings along the way”) is that when I’m living my bliss, often what will come up are all the things that were keeping me from living my bliss before…all the old patterns, wounds and limiting beliefs. This isn’t a bad thing…it’s a good thing! The reason they come up is…for us to face them, heal, grow, learn and let them go, so we can fully inhabit who we REALLY are without restrictions or limitations!

Can you imagine if we were all living our bliss everyday? Would problems and issues even have a chance? It would just be one big blissful love fest! Who would have thought that “saving our world” would be so much fun?

Thank you Jennifer for bringing up such beautiful and meaningful discussions.

One thing I know for sure is that…you rule

Frank

1) Lead with Love. The Beatles weren’t lying to you; it’s ALL YOU NEED!
2) Take every compliment as if it came from your beloved. Express gratitude in excess.
3) Receive criticism objectively. In the end, how you see yourself matters infinitely more than how anyone else does.
4) You are bound by nothing, you are capable of ANYTHING.
5) Don’t be a slot machine of excuses.
6) Nourish your brain, your soul and your stomach EVERY day, in whichever order is most necessary, but NOURISH all three.
7) Travel and see the world by any means necessary.
8) Be the eye of the storm. Even amidst adversity, find your capacity for inexplicable strength.
9) Don’t live your life in the rear view mirror. You don’t live there anymore and if you always look back, you will miss what’s right in front of you.
10) Don’t assume you have the right to make someone else responsible for your misery or for your happiness.
11) Leave your ego out of all equations.
12) Commit to living with a higher purpose, be accountable for your words and your actions.
13) Own YOUR truth.
14) Don’t bother trying to fit in when you were born to stand out!
15) Smile and make eye contact as often as possible.
16) Be willing to apologize, but keep a very short list of things you need to apologize for.
17) Tell people how much you love them; it would be terrible if they didn’t know.
18) Omit the notion of jealousy and try not to be competitive. There is PLENTY of room on the path for abundant success, both for you and for your peers.
19) Have your heart broken and lose your way at least once. When you come
back, you will be a better and unwavering version of yourself.
20) Practice Yoga.
21) Practice Tolerance.
22) When you hug someone, connect your heart to theirs.
23) Be humbled by the greatness of the Universe and don’t assume its your right or your responsibility to find explanations for the inexplicable.
24) Be an advocate for something that speaks to your soul. Stand for something, or you’ll fall for anything.
25) Believe that every day, something extraordinary WILL happen!!

1. Wake up every morning expressing gratitude.
2. Stretch, drink lots of water, and eat food of as many colors as possible. 3. Find something or someone lovable in everything you do. 4. Stay calm by remembering that perspective takes time. 5. Go to bed each night thinking of who you love and who loves you and express gratitude.

“rules” to live by…love this Jen, thank you!

1. Start with capital L-O-V-E. Do it. Now. LOVE.
2. Fall asleep laughing. Or at least smiling.
3. Wake up feeling grateful.
4. Have impromptu dance parties in your kitchen.
5. Spend some time alone.
6. Travel.
7. Enjoy children and the elderly. They are the best teachers.
8. Trust. Trust. Trust. When in doubt, trust even more.
9. Occasionally buy yourself beautiful flowers. Admire them in your home. Know you are loved.
10. Connect to your body. Tend to it and listen closely, it’ll tell you what it needs.
11. Let your heart break. Vulnerability is strength and courage.
12. Catch yourself in those moments, when you are full on laughter and love and say a silent “thank you”…
13. Play!
14. Make up new words. Just because. It’s magicalville and fun to do.
15. Be a part of things that are bigger than you. We’re all connected.
16. Never hesitate to share a compliment or kind word, even if it’s with a stranger.
17. Learn the words to your favorite songs and poems.
18. Remember that you are the expert on YOU.
19. Be open. Try new things. “Comfort Zones” are imaginary.
20. Be present. Make eye contact. Listen. Engage.

My Life rules:

1. Pray often and with heart.

2. Say I love every time before you say goodbye.

3. Take time to laugh, even if it’s just 10 seconds.

4. If you have to think about something, THINK about it.

5. Relax!

6. Be thankful, no matter what.
7. Sing loudly, dance crazily; be YOU.

#1 Treat others like Jesus or Buddha or Mohammad would.
#2 Think often what #1 means and how to do it.
#3 Look for ways to help others. Give of yourself often.
#4 Treat our elders with the same love we give our children.
#5 Never hurt animals.
#6 Crying can make you feel better, allow the tears to flow.
#7 Never yell or touch a child in anger.
#8 Smile and have a kind word for everyone you meet, everyone.

1. Do one nice thing for someone else every day – even if it’s just smiling at a stranger or paying a coworker a compliment.
2. List three things your are grateful for every day.
3. Remember that your journey is not the same as someone else’s – even (especially?) when it seems they have everything you want.
4. Dance.
5. Listen to music.
6. Belly laugh. As often as possible

Rain’s Rules to live by:
1. Put God on top of all your priorities.
2. Love, because LOVE is the root of all kindness.
3. Smile, everyone will smile back at you. It is the best way to greet people.
4. Do what makes you happy.
5. Never hurt anybody intentionally.
6. Never hold grudges, it’s unhealthy.
7. Respect others. Respect begets respect.
8. Take a break from work. Sleep, unwind, eat your favorite food, go to your favorite place with friends, do your favorite sport…play!
9. Learn to cook your favorite dish. If you don’t know how to cook, just try it…it’s so nice to do experiment in the kitchen.
10. If you’re on a diet, diet on all foods to cut down your calorie but not on your favorite food.
(I love ice cream )
11. Have time to pamper yourself. Exercise, do your beauty regimen and stay healthy and beautiful.
12. Smile a lot, Laugh a lot, walk a lot, worry less, fear less…be happy!
13. Always leave loved ones with loving words, it may be the last time you see them.

-Talk with your children NOT at them
-DANCE!!
-hug and
shake hands like you mean it
-Do something everyday that scares you
-MEDITATE
-GO TO CONCERTS
-Drink fruits and veggies
-JOURNAL
-mail greeting cards to loved ones for
no reason
-practice yoga
-smile at strangers
-KARAOKE
-CALL MORE THAN YOU TEXT
-READ READ READ
-BE what you want more of
-PRACTICE KINDNESS
-write yourself love letters
-SHOW Your Spouse You Appreciate
Him/Her!
-Find the OPPORTUNITIES in life’s challenges
-BE THE CHANGE….I mean REALLY be the change!
-Shine bright!

Peg Kass
1) enjoy the moment
2) be forgiving
3) see the beauty in others
4) exercise daily
5) pet your dog
6) cook up a nice, healthy meal
7) relax
8) stop and smell the roses
9) enjoy nature
10) give hugs

Hi Jennifer,
How fantastic to have your blog read in a classroom!
After I read your wonderful lists, I did a list, too – it’s here:
http://tangerinemeg.com/2012/07/17/live-bold-list-28-rules-for-bold-living-sans-foisting/
Love Meg x o

forgot to say, never say never. Also, try something new every day.

I worked at a daycare center once, for a year. I took care of the toddlers. All of them. All day. Every day. By myself. I still believe, though I was dedicated to teaching them, they taught me so much more. I am always impressed. By adults who are awed by young minds.

1. When you wake up each day, smile and say “I am healthy and happy and blessed”
2. Surround your environment with positive people, quotes, inspiration and beauty.
3. Take time to appreciate nature in all it’s power and beauty
4. Be kind – to everyone.
5. If someone is mean to you, try to understand why before reacting.
6.
Every day, whether you are going out of your house or not, do something
about your appearance and presentation that makes YOU feel good about
YOU
7. Exercise – in whatever way suits you and your body best.
8. Meditate – in whatever positive way that serves your wellbeing best
9. Travel to a new place at least once a year
10. Be open to what life has to offer you – including people
11.
If you don’t understand something that has been placed in your lap, do
not react out of fear or anger – do your homework and make a
well-thought out plan as to how you will deal with it
12. When you are afraid, ask yourself why and if your reasons are legit
13. Embrace change, don’t fight it. it means you are moving forward
14. Allow people to love you for the real you
15. Have pets and treat them like family and you will receive their unconditional love
16. Forgive and let go of resentment. However it is that someone mistreated you, it was in the past and holding on to it only hurts you more.
17. Never stop learning, read books and articles, have healthy discussions etc.
18. BE love

1) Think about what you want…not about what you don’t want
2) Eat fresh fruits and veggies
3) Drink water…NOT soda
4) Exercise a little every day (walking? dancing?)
5) Expect things to turn out right
6) Be kind…to yourself and others
7) Laugh
8) Experiment – try new things
9) Don’t waste time on regrets
10) Meditate

Be good. Have fun.

1. Write a grateful journal every day – things you are grateful for now and your gratitude forwards (positively thinking about what you hope for your future.)
2. Look at the past with fondness – it hold precious moments, but don’t get stuck there.
3. Smile at strangers – they may be having a really bad day and could use that simple act of kindness.
4. Tell the people in your life how much they mean to you now – you never know they could be gone in the blink of an eye.
5. Don’t hold grudges – life is too short.
6. Teach your children about love, respect and kindness. Listen to your children. Be involved with them and their friends.
7. Learn to love yourself – to be able to be alone with just you and like yourself. Laugh at some of the silly things you do, talk to yourself and yes, even answer your own questions!
8. Never turn down an opportunity to help someone else out.
9. Dare to do something different – take a chance. You may succeed or you may not go where you thought you would go, but trust me – you learn from it. It is not failing. Failing would be in not trying at all.
10. Don’t be a clean freak – live life – the dust will be there tomorrow. So get out and play with your children, play barbies or trucks and trains, or tea time with dollies – they grow up too fast.

tell everyone you love, that you love them, you never know what will happen; leave everywhere you go a little better when you leave than it was when you arrived, if there’s something you want t learn how to do – learn it now, you might have an injury and be unable to later, stop banging your head gainst the wall – if someone hurts you – leave fin and wayd someone less well off than you and help them – find a single mom at the grocery store and buy her groceries – you have no clue what this will mean to her! if you see a toddle climbing something dangerous, gently move them to a safer place – don’t worry that it’s not your kid they are all a little bit all of ours when it comes to safety- or should be anyway next holiday – go to an atm and pull out enough $20s to feel it – but not enough to hurt start handing them out to the homeless or helpless you encounter throughout your day with whatever you have left over, buy yourself a book or two, good ones, classic s like Tolstoy, walden, etc. something you haven’t read since you were made to in high school, it will be different now, probably better