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FEW WAYS TO HEAL OURSELVES and MOTHER EARTH.
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If you have a choice between
laughing and crying, try to laugh, but crying is natural and healthy
too.
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If you build a house on a hill,
don't tear down the hill.
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When using water use each drop wisely as if
you were in a desert, with a limited amount.
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Use only what you need to sustain your
household circle.
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Give thanks for the foods you eat,
remembering most of the world is hungry.
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Don't kill animals such as snakes; learn to
live in harmony with bugs and spiders.
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Respect and honour those on other paths.
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Eat healthy, life giving foods.
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Help people in need.
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Re-cycle as much waste as you can.
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Support causes that help save the Earth.
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Savour each day by living one day at a time.
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Use positive action rather than negative
thought.
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Cultivate a spiritual garden as you would
your vegetable garden, with effort and care.
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Feel nature's spirit when in the out-of-doors.
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Listen for the sounds of animals.
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Travel light.
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Take time to turn over a stone, and look at
the world under it, then put it back as you found it.
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Learn to savour the different seasons, and
the natural climatic changes.
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Celebrate life at every opportunity.
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Welcome the unknown, and wrap it around you
like a new blanket.
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Laugh at yourself when everything seems bad,
look to the good
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Appreciate yourself, you deserve
it.
Hsotha Petre
Grandfather Peter
