20 Words That Can Change Your Life

22 January 2012, Manila, Philippines. It’s a beautiful Sunday and while reviewing my previous journals my attention is caught by this very inspiring article shared in the past by one of my friends. I understand the same article is readily available in the internet; nevertheless, I would like to share it with you all.

1. Begin - Take charge of your life beginning something you’re always wanted to do. If your goal seems overwhelming start small, by daring to begin the life always wanted, you become energized. 
2. Imagine - Your imagination has no boundaries dreaming about something is the first step toward achieving it. 
3. Laugh - Laughter is the direct route to the soul. It broadens your perspective keeps you healthy and makes an unbearable situation easier to deal with. 
4. Believe - Set your mind to predict success. Tell yourself you will succeed at whatever you doing at the moment 
5. Seek - Allow yourself to grow by exposing your vulnerability and insecurity. Don’t live strictly inside your comfort zone, don’t always play it safe. 
6. Play - We can always find something needs to be done and we forget how to have fun. Make a conscious effort to take time off. You will feel refreshed and able to think more clearly afterward. 
7. Trust - Being paralyzed by indecision is worse than making the wrong decision. You can’t grow if you don’t trust your inner voice 
8. Listen - Try listening carefully to the other person’s point of view first, without being preoccupied or distracted, you’ll really hear what is being said and the other person is more likely to pay attention to your views. 
9. Create - Creativity maintains the balance I life. The more we use the creativity the more it develops. 
10. Connect - Relationship are what pull us, through the hard times, and makes good times meaningful. Take time to nurture the connections that uplift you. 
11. Touch - Human need touch to surviving and thrive don’t forget to hug your love ones. Put your friend in the back literally and figuratively. 
12. Forgive - Forgiveness is life giving because it puts you in charge. You become empowered. 
13. Pray - Prayer is asking God to transform the situation and become the heart of your life. Take time each day to nurture this connection. 
14. Hope - Hope is the knowledge that even in the worst of times we can triumph our hardship and sorrow and grow in spirit. Hope is what sustains humanity. 
15. Choose - We can always choose our circumstances but we can choose our altitudes towards them. 
16. Appreciate - Admire the good in yourself and in those around you. 
17. Give - Happiness involves giving freely to others. 
18. Read - Reading remove boundaries. 
19. Write - Words are freedom. Words are power. 
20. Release - Avoid doing something just because everyone thinks you should. Give yourself permission to relax. 

I trust you find the above very encouraging and you can apply this New Year.

Happy Chinese New Year! Chuc Mung Nam Moi!  Kung Hei Fat Choi!