by Jason Ray France

Created on: August 03, 2009   Last Updated: August 07, 2009

1) Simplify your life. Life is difficult enough, and there is plenty of drama to go around. Why complicate matters by taking offense and choosing into the drama? If you resist holding on to grudges, you can put that energy into far more useful things.

2) Strengthen your health. Be aware of your body, your health, and a balance in all things. Negativity gets stuck inside of you if you don't work through it. Allow yourself to experience the emotions that you feel and release any hate or stress that remains.

3) Do unto others as you would have done unto you. Mom's advice is still the best advice. Often people don't understand how someone can't forgive them, while at the same time feeling justified in their own pettiness. Be quick to forgive others, and you will be more likely to be forgiven.

4) Do it for you. When you forgive someone, you aren't doing it for them. You're doing it for yourself. It is only by forgiving that you will be able to move forward, heal, and be completely fulfilled. The most enlightened people on the planet are also the most forgiving.

5) Be the example. When you wait for the other person to apologize, you may very well wait until hell freezes over. It's not about them. It's about you. Perhaps you will be able to show a better way. Regardless, you will be better off if you drop the extra baggage.

6) Let your guard down. People that hide from others are only hiding from themselves. What are you afraid of? It's time to stop and take a look at what is getting in the way of accepting yourself and being comfortable in your relationships. The path of denial is a lonely one.

7) Let go of the past. People in our present may pay the price for trespasses of people in our past. This is only possible if you have not yet forgiven those that have wronged you in your life. Get over it and get on with today.

8) Have mercy. Look upon people with love and choose to see them in their best light. Remind yourself that everyone has their own story of unseen pain. Give others the benefit of the doubt and offer a hand of friendship instead of a cold shoulder.

9) Be at peace. Peace may seem elusive to you, because you are not allowing yourself to experience this gift. Forgive yourself, forgive others, and be at peace. Contentment is definitely worth what ever effort it takes to get it.

10) Embrace your true self. How does it feel to get the better of someone? Is it uplifting or just pride boosting? When you support someone in improving their situation, you will feel the

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