Ten Commandments

This week in Sunday School, we spoke of the 10 Commandments, what they are and how we teach them to our children. Well, maybe that isn't what we really spoke about, but it was the message I got personally.  Unrelated, today as I was having a down moment, I decided to look around on the World Wide Web. Surely there is something in the WORLD that can cheer me up.

I decided to look around on one of my favorite blogs, Momastery and I was led eventually to the Happiness Project. This project was introduced to me a couple of years ago by my friend TJ, whose amazing blog The Gladdest Thing Under the Sun is listed here on the left.  Low and behold, I came face to face with Commandments again, but those of Gretchen Rubin, not Jesus the Christ.  Although they are not divinely inspired words of God, I found her commandments to be the little bit of sunshine I need right now.  How did she know back when she posted these ideas in 2008 that I would need them in 2012? The girl may be smart and psychic.

Maybe I should come up with my own Commandments and when I feel lost, turn to them.  TJ did it, and she is one of the happiest people I know.  So here they are in no particular order as of today (4/23). My plan is to come back and alter these puppies and hone them down to perfection over the coming weeks/years/decades.

1. Breathe.
2. Accept what cannot be changed.
3. Remember the big picture.
4. Be in the moment.
5. Sing and dance. Always.
6. Recognize my patterns.
7. Act the way I want to feel, not the way I feel.
8. Take time for myself.
9. Live how I want to be remembered for living.
10. LOVE.
11. Be aware of the Love Language of my family members and show them the love in ways they understand.