1. Be Grateful
Being grateful means that, you appreciate the things that you have. For example you should be grateful for the parents that you have because they provide a roof and food or anything that you need to be able to be good. Also by being grateful it means that you take care f what you have because not everyone gets to have the things that you have. For example some people are really grateful that every time they eat or do something they give grace. Some people actually appreciate things and some people don't. The people who don't appreciate things are not grateful. they are not grateful because they don't care about anything probably because they are spoiled and rude and sometimes parents don't care what their kids do. We should always be grateful because not everyone gets to have the chances that we have. Not everyone has a home, money, or even food. Always be grateful and say thank you to everything that you ever get in life even if they are bad or good.
- "Be thankful for everybody in your life, good and bad, past and present. They all made you the person you are today."
-Anonymous
2. Be Smart
Being smart means that, you make wise choices for yourself and your future. Everyone is smart some people like to show it and some don't. Some people don't like to show that they're smart because they think that popularity is more important than their education. Some people love to show their intelligence everywhere. The people that love to show their smartness usually participate in class, they help others when they need help. Being smart can also mean that, you just focus on yourself and you will not care about what people tell you. Be smart and make wise choices that will help you later on in life. If you are smart and make good choices best believe that you will have a great future if you keep that up. School is what makes you smart and creates your future. Learning from others can make you smart as well. Everywhere you go you will learn something new and that is how you get smarter and smarter. Learning from your mistakes can also make you smart. Learning from your mistakes can make you smart because that is how people learn because it takes practice to learn new things.
"Being with someone who is smart and gives good advice adds tremendously wonderful elements to your life."
-Patricia Cornwell
3. Be Involved in Good Works
Getting involved in good works means that you participate in things and enjoy doing them. For example if you join a club at school or outside school and you love doing it then you are doing good work. You choose your time wisely and you do not waste it because you are not doing anything bad you are doing good. Being involved in good works could also mean volunteering or just helping people when they don't understand things or even when they are lost. You having good grades and doing everything you are told to do could also mean that you are being involved in good works. Being involved in good works doesn't mean you are suppose to be in a club or sport it could also be by yourself. You could involve yourself in good works by doing homework, chores, classwork etc. I involve myself in good works by helping others, doing my homework, making time for my cheer club, doing my chores, school and a lot more things. When you involve yourself in good works you distract yourself. Sometimes that can help you when you are feeling down or upset because you are going to involve yourself with something that you love.
"Good works are links that form a chain of love."
-Mother Teresa
4. Be Clean
What it means to be clean is that, you have to stay clean or be clean with yourself and the environment also. Staying clean to yourself means taking showers and cleaning after yourself especially if you have made a mess. Being clean with your environment means that you do not throw trash away in the streets and when you see trash you pick it up. Being clean is a big deal in this world. It is a big deal in this world because if you are not clean and your environment isn't clean as well people will start talking. When something is not clean and stuff people assume the worse about you and your community. Being clean could say so much about you. You wouldn't like to live around a messy environment right? You would love to be clean and have a clean house as well. What will people say about the mess you have if you aren't clean and your house isn't clean as well? That's why it's very important to stay clean. You want to smell good not bad right? You want people to say positive things about you not negative things. You could also clean up after people because some people really don't care about staying clean. Other people like to be dirty and filthy unlike others. Others could clean all day and not have a single dust of anything. Those people are the ones who want to smell good and they want to smell their own community and house clean. If everyone was dirty and didn't care about being clean then there would probably be pollution and everything would smell bad. STAY CLEAN!
"Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly fill it."
-Dee Hock
5. Be True
What being true means is that, you stay true to yourself and the others around you. Being true means that you are always one hundred percent honest with what you say and do. For example lets just say that you see someone's money fall out of their pocket and you decide to pick it up. It is up to you to be true or just not be true. If you decide to be true then that means you pick up the money and reach up to the person and give them their money that fell back. You have stay true or be true to yourself because not a lot of people stay true to you. You only have yourself so be true and never lie! Everyone states that it is to true to be true. It's never to good to be true if you really think about it. It's never too good to be true because everyone looks for people who are true to themselves and others. By being true to yourself and others you will get respect, honesty, smiles everyday etc.
"Don't let other people's opinions distort your reality. Be true to yourself. Be bold on pursing your dream. Be unapologetic you."
-Dr. Steve Maraboli
6. Be Positive
Being positive could mean so many things. You may or can be positive in many ways. Being positive is how you see things it's like your point of view. For example being positive can be when you believe you can do something that has been a challenge for yourself. Having positive thoughts can lead you to your future. If you are just lazy and you don't like to do anything and all you think is negative then you will not have a good future. Not everyone is positive but you always have to be positive to get through obstacles. Sometimes people are not positive because they have a low self of esteem. But what I believe is that you have to be positive all the time because you have to believe in yourself just how others may believe in you as well. Just because someone tells you something negative it doesn't mean that you have to be negative as well, in another case you have to be positive so you could prove them wrong and show people or whoever is being negative that you could do it. Always think positive and not negative. Everyday can be a challenge but all you have to do is be positive and tell yourself that you can do it.
"Think positive and positive things will happen and come to you."
-Anonymous
7. Be Humble
8. Be Still
9. Be Prayerful
Reflection: Everyone could relate to these nine ways to be. Everyone can relate to them such as yourself because it's what we do all the time every single day. These are the things that we do everyday to get through
"There they are, nine Be’s which, if observed, will bring handsome dividends to any young man or woman. They will add sparkle to your days and peace to your nights. They will save you from heartache and pain. They will bring purpose into your life and give direction to your energies.
They will bring you friends of your own kind. They will protect you from associations that would pull you down and deflect you from your course.
This is a time to be happy. This is a time to feel joy and make friends and enjoy the best this life has to offer. What I have tried to put forth .... are simply a few suggestions, gained from many years of living, to help you do just that. The world will tell that certain kinds of things will bring you happiness – things such as popularity and possessions and satisfying your baser desires.
If today you find yourself only drifting as a leaf in a stream, get hold of yourself and determine you will do better.
At railroad grade crossing, signs of warning were once common. Two cross arms were emblazoned with the words, “Stop, Look, Listen.” They meant that a train could be roaring down the tracks and you had better be alert.
I was riding a train in the Midwest years ago. I looked out the window to my left. A road ran parallel to the tracks. A car with a boy and a girl was speeding down the road a little faster than the train. The car moved ahead until I can no longer see it. Suddenly, the locomotive whistle sounded and the train screeched to a halt as the brakes gripped the wheels. We looked out the window on to the other side. There was a mangled car. Police cars soon converged, followed by the ambulance. The boy and girl were both dead. The road they were traveling crossed the tracks. They did not stop, look, or listen. It all happened in an instant.
The better way to Be is the way of these nine Be’s.
The years will inevitably pass, and pass quickly. Today is your day of resolution. Promise yourself to make something good of (your) precious life."
