Picked up an old magazine(Dare, 2004) from the rack sitted at a corner of my room.. yeah.. i collect magazines with great content while my retired young mum have been cutting out recipes & filing them with Loren..

Back to the magazine, there’s this : HOUSE RULES (10 Principles for a more meaningful life)

Not going to copy and paste everything. Chose some quotes I like from the article:

- Drop “its not fair”: If you want to move towards serenity, you have to stop complaining. Think about what you consider unfair in life – re-evaluate it.

- Forgive:  Let go of resentment and forgive. Forgive yourself and Forgive others – even if they have hurt you. Let it go.

- Acknowledge and choose: Admit that you need to release the patten and actively choose to do so. Make a plan and stick to it. (I have problem with this… workin on it.)

-Be grateful. Be thankful and appreciative of what you have. It is easy to overlook the gifts and blessings you already have.  (No matter how bad things are, I’ll think of how wonderful my family, friends are and most importantly, good health from God.)

-Be tolerant: Try to give up judging people so harshly.  When you feel intolerant, ask youself “What is the feeling beneath this judgement that I don’t want to feel? It could be embarrassment, insecurity, anxiety. (In my opinion, jealousy is the often root to harsh judgement.)

What You Make of your Life is up to You

Every person creates his or her own reality. It is not our external resources that determine our success or failure, but rather our own belief in ourselves and our willingness to create a life according to our highest aspirations. You can either enagage in the “blame game”, making excuses and saying “I couldn’t because…” Or you can take control of your life and shape it as you would like.

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Im neuen Dare Magazine, welches am Samstag frisch aus dem Druck kommt, beschäftigen sich Berliner und Hamburger Künstler mit dem Phänomen Hype – und das will gefeiert werden. Im Westwerk (Admiralitätsstraße 74) werden sich daher eine Riege Künstler der analogen und elektronischen Tanzmusik (u.a. Benjamin Brunn und Miamania) einfinden, außerdem wird es Lesungen von den Hamburger Autoren Benjamin Maack und Nils Mohl geben. Los geht die Feierei ab 18:00, wer in das Magazin investiert, hat freien Eintritt!