Don't Sweat The Small Stuff

I bought a copy of Don't Sweat The Small Stuff... and it's all small stuff when it was first published 14 years ago - and I still pull it out every few months to remind myself. 

Here are a few of Richard Carlson's 100 ideas from Don't Sweat The Small Stuff...

2. Make Peace With Imperfection.
Accept yourself as you are - and accept what you have and what you don't have.

16. Ask Yourself the Question: "Will This Matter a Year from Now?"

21. Imagine Yourself at Your Own Funeral.
At the end of their lives, most people wish they had spent more time with the people and activities they truly loved, and less time worrying about aspects of life that, upon deeper examination, really don't matter all that much.

Further reading: Top 5 Regrets of the Dying

22. Repeat to Yourself: "Life Isn't an Emergency."

26. Set Aside Quiet Time - Every Day.
Further reading: Feel Your Connection With the Infinite - a Meditation

43. Become an Anthropologist.
Become interested, WITHOUT JUDGEMENT, in the way other people choose to live and behave.
Further reading: Observing Life

93. Give Up on the Idea that "More Is Better."
Further reading: Simple Life

97. Mind Your Own Business.
Minding your own business goes far beyond simply avoiding the temptation to try to solve other people's problems. It also requires resisting gossip, eavesdropping, talking behind other people's backs, and conjecturing on what others SHOULD do.

Further reading: Questions to Ask Yourself Before Offering Helpful Advice

See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil.
     

Effortless Living

Honor your being,
Release each and every struggle,
Gather strength from life's storms,
Relax into the arms of spirit.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

The struggle ends when the gratitude begins.
- Neale Donald Walsch

It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are,
or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy.
It is what you think about.
- Dale Carnegie

Instead of dwelling on negative thoughts,
cause your mind to dwell on peace and joy.
- Ernest Holmes

In the midst of movement and chaos,
keep stillness inside of you.
- Deepak Chopra

Let Go, Let God.
- Anonymous

Further reading: Release

Stillness

Trust in the Light

Living Your Greatest Life

Faith

Let Go

Inner Peace

Positing Thinking

Natural World

Everybody needs beauty as well as bread,
places to play in and pray in,
where nature may heal and cheer
and give strength to the body and soul.
- John Muir

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
- Albert Einstein

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
- John Muir

To cherish what remains of the Earth
and to foster its renewal
is our only legitimate hope of survival.
- Wendell Berry

A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him,
that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men
and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help.
- Albert Schweitzer

Let today be a day to spend time alone in nature. Take a walk as far from the hustle and bustle of society as you can. Walk near trees or water if it is possible.

Further reading: Treat the Earth Well

How to Cope with Loneliness

Daily Renewal

Nature

Walking

Ethics

Being Alone

Beauty

Soul

Going With The Flow

Miracles are the natural way of the Universe -
our only job is to move our doubting minds aside
and let the miracles flow.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Going with the flow doesn't mean that we don't know where we're going;
it means that we are open to multiple ways of getting there.
Going with the flow means that we are aware of an energy
that is larger than our small selves,
and we are open to working with it, not against it.
- Madisyn Taylor

Everything in the universe has a purpose.
Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through
everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you.
- Wayne Dyer

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Blessings flow toward gratitude.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Ten Little Tips to Feel Happier Right Now

Go With the Flow - Six Ways to Live a Happier Life

Rest and Relax

Universe

Miracles

Direction

Gratitude

Purpose

Doubts

Our Opportunity

In the midst of difficulty lies opportunity.
- Albert Einstein

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.
- Napoleon Hill

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
- Sun Tzu

There is no security on this Earth,
there is only opportunity.
- Douglas MacArthur

Our opportunity is to Soar our Spirit.
To see Light and Joy in everything.
To spread our wings and fly boldly.
To give thanks for rainbows and butterflies -
our symbols of renewal and rebirth.
To offer daily Thanksgiving - for ourselves, our family,
our friends, our community, for the whole world.

Our opportunity is to love ourselves exactly as we are -
with all our joys and sufferings.
To be grateful for everything.
To forgive ourselves for our doubts of our own worthiness -
for we have no need to be anything other than what we are.

Our opportunity is to visualize a kinder world.
To sing glad songs of tomorrow -
imagining a world of love -
of the whole world filled with love.
To offer our hand... often.
To breathe deeply and honor ourselves.
To pause and contemplate... just because.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Today's affirmation: I am ready and willing to seize the opportunities life offers.

Further reading:  Appreciate the Unexpected

Comparisons are Odious

The Jump is So Frightening - Mary Anne Radmacher

Opportunity Quotes

Being Open Minded

Difficulty

Starting Over

My affirmations

My sayings