Balanced Living: 18 Steps – Positive-Attitude
Balanced Living: 18 Steps
A balanced life not only leaves you feeling more fulfilled; you will become healthier in body as well as mind. Ponder on each step below. One per day is the ideal. If you rush then you are failing before you begin. Taking your time over anything is the first positive step to a sustainable success in all things. Anything worthwhile ? they say ? is worth waiting for. Today we cannot wait for anything ? allow your self the luxury of slowing down and discover you will actually achieve more.1. Slow down! 2. Emotions: Keep them in check. 3. Choice is yours. 4. Do not hang onto negativity: just let go. 5. Write down your goals and plan. 6. Learn to enjoy silence. 7. Discover something beautiful each and everyday on which to meditate. 8. Simplify life; offload cumbersome baggage. 9. Develop a balanced sense of humor. 10. Develop a discerning manner. 11. Do not pretend; you only fool yourself. 12. Celebrate life; no matter what the circumstances. 13. Accept you cannot control everything. 14. Only you can make you happy; and then share this with others. 15. Selfishness is like masturbation. 16. Anger serves no master; you degrade yourself in anger. 17. Find time to be alone every day. 18. Learn the art of having a quiet sense of humor.These are heading only. They have not been unpacked for you. It is for you to contemplate and think about each heading and apply it into you life. It is not difficult but will take commitment on your part. Without commitment, we should not expect results.We are a non-profit making organization ? http://www.betheladventure.co.uk for any further information on this article please see our website. We are a self help group based in Northern Tanzania.
Outdoor Living Cleanses The Mind, Body, and Spirit-Gardening
Outdoor Living Cleanses The Mind, Body, and Spirit
Through the use of various mediums pertaining to the outdoors, like hot tubs and patio furniture, one can relax and enjoy nature. Don't stay confined to four walls and a roof, breathe and inhale the free, fresh air only the beautiful outdoors can provide. Use your outdoor space as an extension of home, with all the added comforts. Suppose you do not have an outdoor space to relax on wicker and eat on a simple yet classy teak table. What do you do?First, determine what space you will use and what patio furniture you plan to buy for it. Develop a layout scheme and follow it to T. Refuse to be satisfied with just a bunch of flimsy play chairs and a plastic table as your outdoor space. Highlight your outdoor space with Jacuzzi hot tubs to lounge in, wicker furniture equipped with fluffy cushions to relax on, or teak furniture to bring out the color contrast in your garden. Find out whether a directional patio heater or mushroom patio heater is best for you by determining home energy costs and your budget.In reality, the outdoors probably goes back to the very first day in time. Although they didn't have patio covers back then to safeguard non-existent teak and wicker furniture or outdoor lighting to illuminate pathways, ancient peoples depended on the outdoors for total relaxation. If the Native Americans made makeshift barbecue grills in the outdoors, then you can bet they loved eating in that surrounding environment! Living in the outdoors is a blessing for all the five senses ? and stimulating enough to bring out your undiscovered sixth sense.To conclude, learning the ways of outdoor living will ensure an enjoyable outdoor living experience and if you want additional information my url is: http://a1-bbq-grills.com
Mexican Living: Somethings Got to be Done!
Mexican Living: Somethings Got to be Done!
Mexico needs to do something about the behavior of Gringos who come to their country who are hell-bent on acting out the Ugly American Syndrome stereotype no matter what.I concluded this after an early morning shopping trip with the wife to the local Supermarket. There I saw this 70-year-old hippie, with his gun moll, cussing up one aisle and down the other looking for liquor. Doesn't that just figure? He ended his search with a screeching revelation,"They don't even have beer here for Christ's sake!"Why do Americans always want to attribute something mundane and worldly to Christ and for His sake? I mean, really, is it for Christ's sake that this early morning lush was searching so diligently for some booze? Anyway.So, off he marched after screaming loudly enough to wake the dead.I have some ideas that Mexico could do to stem the ever-increasing tide of displays of the Ugly American Syndrome:First off, Mexico could pass a stupid tax. Americans who insist on acting like horses' butts in Mexico would be charged $50,000 pesos for each incident. I think this is a grand idea for Americans acting stupid in America too! What do you think of that? This money could be used to improve the infrastructure of the Colonial towns (like where we live!). But, after the tenth commission of a stupid act (which will take about 2 days), Americans would be deported immediately and without recourse.Second, Mexico could enact a drunken bum or boozehound tax. There would be an allowance of three times you could appear in public WITHOUT falling down before you they would start taxing you. This would be particularly profitable in Puerto Vallarta where American drink to excess day and night.We were in a little place in Puerto Vallarta once for breakfast when this couple came in and had three rounds of beer before their scrambled eggs and hotcakes came. We were told (because we asked the manager) that this goes on all the time. Americans are constantly drunker than skunks and are falling down all the time.We saw more 75-year-old plus men stumbling around town like drunken sailors trying to pick up young coeds. Mexico could make a killing in Puerto Vallarta and no doubt the other resort towns as well.The highest tax would be for each incident of The Ugly American Syndrome. This means that, each time you do the following, the Mexican government will charge you a tax of $150,000 pesos:1. Insisting on paying for something with dollars because you are too lazy (or stupid) to get them changed into pesos. This would really be a moneymaker for the Mexicans since Americans do this routinely.2. Telling the waiter who brought you EXACTLY what you ordered that you wanted a REAL taco.3. Shouting English at a Mexican vendor or salesclerk as though will miraculously change them into a bilingual person.4. Cutting your finger and toenails while in public. (This not only will get you taxed but a good slapping as well.)5. Loudness or obnoxious behavior that is so typical of Americans when they come to another country. For example, statements like,"Gee are all Mexican women this fat?""It sure is filthy here.""Don't they serve real beer?""These Mexican houses don't suit our American tastes.""Don't you know how corrupt your government is?"And so on!There is more, much more, and the Mexican government would have to publish a handbook with hundreds of examples of the Ugly American Syndrome to be fair to the visiting or expatriating American. Perhaps they could use Rick Steves' Europe Archives: Ugly American Sightings as a template for their handbook for Ugly Americans!Check it out at: http://www.ricksteves.com/graffiti/archives/ugly.htmlDoug Bower is a freelance writer and book author. His most recent writing credits include The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Houston Chronicle, and The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Transitions Abroad. He lives with his wife in Guanajuato, Mexico.
His new book, Mexican Living: Blogging it from a Third World Country, can be seen at http://www.lulu.com/content/126241