New Years Resolutions

Everyone is aware of the “Quit Smoking/Lose Weight” resolutions.  Both being very hard to sustain throughout the entire year, but what about improving the way we think and treat each other.  I think it would be much easier to fulfill a promise to yourself  by doing something that could benefit another, as well as yourself.  So here are some suggestions that I’ve been toying around with myself.

To be more forgiving—to forgive someone who has hurt you deeply is not an easy task, and it may take some extensive work, but it’s just as important for your health and well being as losing weight.  And I’m not talking about just friends and family, we should be more forgiving of the guy who shot and killed 35 in a movie theater or school, and the terrorist who bombed thousands. 

 

“The weak can never forgive. 

Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong.”

-Mahatma Gandhi

 

To be less judgmental—the world would surely be a better place if we all could curb the judge and jury mindset.  I do not believe that anyone of us is immune to being judgmental on one level or another.  If your worried about what others may think of you, then you’re judging yourself.  If you think that a woman is going to hell for getting an abortion, then you’re being judgmental.   If you see a homeless person standing on the corner  asking for money, and your thought is that person is going to spend your money on drugs or alcohol, then you’re not only judging that individual, but your also being selfish if you drive by without sharing your wealth.

 

“The more you know yourself,

the less judgmental you become”

-Aniekee Tochukwu Ezekiel

 

To become more aware—To know yourself is to be  aware of your thoughts.  How does your mind react to emotion?  How does your body react to emotion?  Pay attention.  View yourself as if you are watching yourself on video.  When you get angry, try stepping back and asking yourself why do I feel angry?  What am I being fearful of?  I have found that anger for me usually indicates a fear.  The U.S. Presidential Election is a great example of anger and fear.  Why are people angry about the election? Because they’re scared.  We fear for our future.  And I don’t know about you, but for me, once I’ve identified the fear, I overcome it. Which brings me to . . .

 

To be less fearful—To fear the future is to fear the unknown.  Redirect your thoughts on the here and now if you get caught up in a fearful future. 

 

 

 

 

THE POWER OF NOW—is a book written by Eckhart Tolle (1999) that brought about my awareness of the dangers of allowing the mind to wonder as it does. Whenever I find myself thinking of things our new president might do, I bring my mind back to the here and now, and I flip my thoughts to, “I hope he makes a positive change.”   I refuse to allow something that has not happened stress me out.  I read this book about a year and half or so ago, and since then I can say I’m much more happier for it. 

 

I became an environmental activist after the 2010 BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico.  I was devastated, and I was all up in fighting to keep further drilling out of the Gulf. Between oil spills, pipeline leaks, train wrecks— the constant assault on our water, the future was bleak and climate change is very real.  No wonder I ended up in the hospital with waste floating throughout my body due to a pipeline rupture of my own.

 

Eckhart Tolle writes, “Unease, anxiety, tension, stress and worry-all forms of fear—are caused by too much future, and not enough presence.  Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of nonforgiveness are caused by too much past, and not enough presence.”

 

“Enlightenment consciously chosen means to relinquish your attachment to the past and future to make the Now the main focus of your life . . . it means saying yes to what is.”  - Eckhart Tolle

 

The Power of Now is a great book full of wisdom.  It helped me get through a very difficult time in my life.   I highly recommend it to anyone who wishes to make a positive change in their life or who is having difficulty dealing with life in general.  It was a #1 New York Times Bestseller, with over 5 million copies sold.

 

 

 



“Giving up smoking is easy -

           I’ve done it hundreds of times!”

                                                         - Mark Twain

 

 

AN EASY WAY TO QUIT SMOKING!  Yes, it’s true—this recently stop smoking person writing this would not lie to you about something so addictive that I consider myself no different than any other addict.

 

I have smoked cigarettes since I was 13 years old.  I kicked the habit several times in the past five years, once for six months.  But this new product has done me more service than any other on the market.  And it’s all natural—no nicotine, no tar!  A dream come true for me.

 

It’s called TBX Free.  TBX claims to have an 88% success rate in comparison to the patch, which has a 10% success rate, and the nicotine gum at 5%. 

 

The main ingredient in TBX Free is cytosine. Cytosine is an acid like chemical found in the seeds of the golden rain tree.  Cytosine fools the brain into thinking it is nicotine.

 

I purchased a box of TBX Free, at www.tbxfree.com, for $49.95, and received 120 dissolvable strips (the labeling on the box suggest that it’s a 30 day supply). 

 

It works very well, and I highly recommend it to anyone who wishes to end the cigarette habit.