Flip through the latest issue of Gulf Weekly.
Health: 1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants, and eat less food that is manufactured in plants (factory).
4. Live with the three E's - Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy.
5. Make time for prayers.
6. Play more games.
7. Read more books.
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
9. Sleep for seven hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day - and while you walk, SMILE!
Personality:
11. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't over do; keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously; no one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake.
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realise that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more often.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
Community:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of six.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your family and friends will. Stay in touch.
Life:
32. Do the right things.
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. God heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
36. No matter how you feel; Get up, dress up and show up!
37. The best is yet to come.
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your inner most is always happy; So be Happy!
Elsayed Kandil, by email.
Dear Stan,
I thought your readers (and possibly Batelco management) might be interested to know the latest developments in the long-running saga of Liz's Landline - or rather the continuing lack of it.
If you recall, I had been trying since the beginning of October to get a landline transferred to my new apartment.
Between the building being too new to be registered and the queues in Batelco at Exhibition Road being so long that I spent four lunch breaks waiting to get to the desk, I finally placed the order on November 4 and was told the line would be connected in a week to 10 days. I called two weeks later, only to be told it would not be possible to install a line before December 13 due to cabling work.
The 13th came and went and I called Batelco again around December 20 and was informed the cabling had been delayed and would not now be completed until December 29.
On the 30th, after being put on hold for 15 minutes, the lady on the other end of the phone gave me a complaint number which has been registered somewhere - who knows where - someone will allegedly call me back within 24 hours to tell me what is happening.
Sadly, her computer does not seem to indicate anything about the cabling work or if I am ever going to get my phone fitted.
The good news is that in the spare time I have had, since I have not been spending my evenings chatting to far away friends and family, I have managed to locate the receipt for the BD100 deposit I paid when the original line was fitted.
So, come the New Year, if there is still no progress, I will be demanding my money back and trying somewhere else. Tin cans and string anyone?
Liz O'Reilly,
Um Al Hassam.
Dear Stan,
It should be clear to all and sundry that the only reason the US, the United Kingdom and their allies went to war in Iraq was for access to oil reserves in order to sustain a way of life back home that is threatened by the shortage of them.
Clearly access to such supplies is necessary in the short and medium term so that alternative means of living including the use of bio-fuels can be developed in the long term.
The combating of global terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction happened to be simply a smokescreen, in my opinion.
Whilst Iraq should never have been invaded, the war in Afghanistan should have been brief in response to the Al Qaeda attack on the US on 9/11/2001 given that the occurrence of such an attack is unlikely to take place once again following the tightening up of security.
Ryan Kelly, by email.
Dear Stan,
I applaud you for the great work that you are doing in covering the Adam Jones story. Nothing ramps up pressure like the media as you well know.
Rick Beeman, Bahrain.
Dear Stan,
I would like to thank you and your team on covering our Friday Brunch on Christmas Day (GulfWeekly, December 30, 2009 - January 5, 2010) - I was very impressed.
Keep up the good work.
Cristalyn Pastrana,
communications
manager,
Mšvenpick Hotel Bahrain. Dear Stan,
It should be clear to all and sundry that the only reason the US, the United Kingdom and their allies went to war in Iraq was for access to oil reserves in order to sustain a way of life back home that is threatened by the shortage of them.
Clearly access to such supplies is necessary in the short and medium term so that alternative means of living including the use of bio-fuels can be developed in the long term.
The combating of global terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction happened to be simply a smokescreen, in my opinion.
Whilst Iraq should never have been invaded, the war in Afghanistan should have been brief in response to the Al Qaeda attack on the US on 9/11/2001 given that the occurrence of such an attack is unlikely to take place once again following the tightening up of security.
Ryan Kelly, by email.
Dear Stan,
I applaud you for the great work that you are doing in covering the Adam Jones story. Nothing ramps up pressure like the media as you well know.
Rick Beeman, Bahrain.
Dear Stan,
I would like to thank you and your team on covering our Friday Brunch on Christmas Day (GulfWeekly, December 30, 2009 - January 5, 2010) - I was very impressed.
Keep up the good work.
Cristalyn Pastrana,
communications
manager,
Mšvenpick Hotel Bahrain.
