Living Life

This list contains some of my definitions on how to really live life:

Take time to listen to snow as it falls freely from the sky and laugh when a snowflake lands on your nose
Grab your sweetheart’s hand and tightly hold it for there will be a day when the opportunity no longer exists
Be nice to hotel maids, public bathroom attendants, and waitresses
Listen to older adults’ stories with interests regardless of how many times you may already have heard them
Don’t stand too close to bonfires
Watch squirrels and chipmunks chase each other
Look an individual square in the eye when shaking his hand
Roll around in a fit of laughter at least twice a day
Write letters
Sing in the shower, sing in the vehicle, and sing in bed
Never take yourself too seriously
Stare at a rainbow, imagine where it ends, and think of who is doing the same thing at the exact moment
Pray
Donate to charities
Clean out your closets every six months and donate the clothes/items you haven’t wore in months, the ones with the price tags still attached, and the ones you hold on to for sentimental reasons
Smile at people and really mean it
Don’t judge people; rather, look at each one and see his true potential
Money is a piece of paper
Wash your hands quite often
There is no room in a grave for luggage
Plant flowers
Lay in the fresh cut grass on a summer’s eve and just be
Let a child run her sticky fingers thru your hair
Adopt animals and love them to death
Adopt children and love them to death
Set goals and achieve them
Remove all mirrors from place of residence except for one
Talk to people in elevators, on planes, in checkout lines, and at the doctor’s office
Go apple picking
Flip your mattress every six months and buy a new toothbrush every three months
Pay attention to a dog’s reaction to a person
Cry and laugh at the same time
Watch a sunset with someone special
Behave honestly and respectively because one never knows who is watching
Open the door for your mother
Be the type of friend you’d want in your corner or in the bleachers
Vote
Hug people
Help the person at the grocery store who can’t reach an item
Never stop hoping
Relax
Daydream