Slide 1:Dear FriendAs the New Year Begins just wanted to give you some things to think about - and some ideas for new year’s resolutions. May this year provide you with love, friendship and happiness!


Slide 2:R.B. 40 New Year’s Resolutions to Consider . . . 1.- Walk 10 to 30 minutes each day - and as you walk SMILE!! ?


Slide 3:2.- Reserve a bit of time each day - for quiet meditation.


Slide 4:3.- Listen to good uplifting music


Slide 5:4.- As you wake up each morningset some goals to accomplish that day.


Slide 6:5.- Live with the three “E’s” - - Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.


Slide 7:6.- Enjoy Life - find time to play games with those you love.


Slide 8:7.- Start reading that book you’ve always meant to get started. Fill your mind with good uplifting subjects.


Slide 9:8.- Look up at the sun each day and the moon and stars each night - enjoy the beauty of God’s creations


Slide 10:9.- Don’t think dreaming is reserved for while your asleep. Dare to do a little day-dreaming.


Slide 11:10.- Eat more healthy foods. Remove from your diet some of those things that really arent making you any healthier.


Slide 12:11.- Don’t postpone for tomorrow what you can do TODAY!


Slide 13:12.- Make someone smile!! Make them laugh!


Slide 14:13.- Organize your house, your room and your office/desk.


Slide 15:14.- Don’t waste your time worrying about things for which you have no control over!.


Slide 16:15.- Realize that life is a school - and that we are here to learnwhether the day is happy or sad, good or bad . . . There is always something POSITIVE you can learn from your experiences.


Slide 17:16.- Patience, Persistance, Positvity - Dont forget the three P’s.


Slide 18:17.- Smile more - and don’t keep it to yourself !


Slide 19:18.- Don’t ever pass up a chance to give a HUG to someone you care about.


Slide 20:19.- Life is WAY TO SHORT - to be spending it - with angry or hateful feelings toward others. Or feeling offended or bitter over what others have done to you.


Slide 21:20.- Don’t take life too seriously! And dont think you’re the center of the universe.


Slide 22:21.- You don’t have to win every argument! Respect others who may have a different perspective on things. Be willing to allow a difference of opinion. Agree to disagree.


Slide 23:22.- Get over your past - and don’t let it drag you down. Life isnt a race where only the first person wins. He wins who gets up everytime he falls.


Slide 24:23.- Quit comparing yourself to others. No one has walked in your shoes - and you have not walked in theirs. Quit feeling sorry for yourself.


Slide 25:24.- No one is in charge of or owes you happiness out of life. Its up to YOU to FIND it or to MAKE it.


Slide 26:25.- Remember you may not have control over what happens to you in life - but you are in control out of what you make of such experiences. No one can steal the smile from your face. . . Only you can let it go.


Slide 27:26.- Never pass up an opportunity to learn something new - no matter how old you are.


Slide 28:27.- Be more concerned with what your Father in Heaven thinks of you - then what your neigbors may think of you.


Slide 29:28.- Make a list of all the things you are thankful for!Get on your knees and say a prayer of gratitude without asking for anything.


Slide 30:29.- No matter how good or how bad things get - always remember the situation will always eventually change.


Slide 31:30.- When your life has come and gone – it won’t matter much the house you had, the car you drove, the title you held. . . . What will matter most will be the relationships of friendship and love that can continue on into eternity.


Slide 32:31.- Remember what Thumper said - If you cant say anything nice – then don’t say anything at all.


Slide 33:32.- Nothing good ever comes of unproductive envy of others and their material possessions.


Slide 34:33.- Remember the Best is yet to Come!


Slide 35:34.- Don’t let how you feel control what you do. Decide what you will do – and you will see that you will have control over how you feel.


Slide 36:35.- Open your heart and soul to others – dont close your heart simply because you are afraid of it getting broken.


Slide 37:36.- Let your family and friends know how you feel about them.


Slide 38:37.- Counsel with the Lord in all your doings – and he will direct your path.


Slide 39:38.- Follow the example of the sunflower – always keep your face to the light and not to the shadows.


Slide 40:39.- We only go through life once – you will rarely be able to return to the “forks in the road” – choose wisely.


Slide 41:40.- Pass this on to all those people you care about – express your feelings for them – dont wait till its too late.


Slide 42:Enjoy life – and enjoy the people that make up a part of it!


Slide 43:And remember – we are not human beings having a spiritual experience – we are spiritual beings having a human experience.


Slide 44:Have a great New Year!Keep Smiling And pass on your smile to all the people you meet!