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5 steps to being
 happier, healthier and more successful.
By Matthew Dovel

1. Food and your diet -

• Since the 1950’s to today this age group has had an increase of 200% in their suicide rate.
• There is a direct relationship between this dramatic increase and the introduction of processed food & the fast food industry into our society.
• Getting back to the basics of a balance diet will help with growth, hormones and energy.   Grains, vegetables, fruits, dairy and meats.

2. Have a trusted friend –

• Isolation is one of the worst things for depressed.  Depression is a normal emotion that follows loss, such as: Relationship, parents divorcing, death of a pet, failing a test, or your best friend moves away.
• Talk to your friends about how you are feeling.  Get out and be social even though you don’t want to.  Real friends will understand and will keep you busy.

3. Goals & Dreams –

• Write a list of your wildest goals, dreams and aspirations.   Keep this list where you can see it every day.  Do something everyday that will take you one step closer to achieving these goals.  If you achieve all your goals and dreams on your list, make a new list.
• You should always have a goal list for building a healthy self-esteem.
• A goal list should be realistic and obtainable, or else it will tear down your self-esteem rather than build it up.
• On your goal list you should have a short-term goal, medium goal and long-range goal.  At any given time you should always have three to ten goals that you are working on.

4. Feelings –

• A feeling never killed anyone.   Sure they hurt, but tomorrow it will hurt a little less and the day after that it will hurt even less.   The closer you are to a painful emotion the more it will hurt.
• Start making it a habit to write down how you are feeling when it is painful and the next time you feel the same pull out your journal and you will remember how you got through the pain the last time.  Then just do the same thing this time.

5. Television, computers & the great outdoors –

• Television is one of the most wonderful inventions of our time.  We can see places that we will never go on a TV.  They make us laugh; cry, feel sad and they entertain us when we are bored.  But, they do not replace exercise and cognitive interaction.
• Our bodies need sunlight and fresh air in order to work properly.  The world is a wonderful place.  Get out there and explore the world you live in and you'll be surprised at how much better you feel each day.

Make a list of 45 things that make life worth living for.  Read it when ever you feel down and it will lift you up!
Examples: 1. A first kiss.  2. Ice cream.  3. A sunset.  4. A warm towel on a cold morning after a hot shower.

 The Charles Schultz Philosophy | here |

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Book reviews written by teens on Amazon.com, "My Last Breath".

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Book review: My Last Breath, March 23, 2007 A Kid's Review This book was a story about the author. It starts out when he was 12 and at a friend's house. While playing a game in the pool, he drowns. He goes to heaven where Jesus Christ greets him. He sees the glory of heaven and feels its awesome power. When he is sent back and drops into depression and drugs abuse. After seeing perfection, everything on earth seemed so wrong. He lives for another 20 years or so in alcoholism and drugs until he ends up in Alaska. Here he gets married twice and becomes addicted to cocaine. He eventually becomes so depressed he kills himself. He is then sent to hell where he spends 3 day living out his sins. At the end of the three days Jesus once again greets him. He is told that he has a job to do and not to drink or do drugs. He immediately stopped drinking and drugging, and dedicated his life to telling his story. In the last few chapters he describes his life after hell. He claims to have strange powers given to him by God and tries to convince the reader that suicide is never the solution. I think that this book is good for any reader. It is an easy and quick read that makes you not want to put the book down until the end where it is less captivating. It easily connects to any reader's life and problems they may face. The purpose of this book is to give hope to those who have considered suicide or are considering. It is also to tell people that heaven awaits those willing to accept God. It also gives an anti drug and alcohol vibe. I would give the book 3 out of 5 because some of the book is questionable in its truth, or reality. I would divinity recommend it to christens and anyone searching for answers in life. It is an uplifting and inspiring book and I hope you will give it a try.

 

WHAT A COOL BOOK!!, March 23, 2007 A Kid's Review The novel, My Last Breath, by Matthew D. Dovel was really interesting and a quick read. The book was about a man who had two near death experiences and in each experience, and a very powerful someone saved his life. He went through many bad triumphs and he was a rebel for most of his life. Something changed him along the way and he realized what he needed to do. This book is about the author's life and the times he went through. The author often asks himself questions during the book about things he wish he never had done. At the end of the book he answers his questions because he completely changes as a person. This is a good quote from the book. " Adventure isn't hanging on a rope off the side of a mountain. Adventure is an altitude that we must apply to the day to day obstacles of life-facing new challenges, seizing new opportunities, testing our resources against the unknown and in the process, discovering our own unique potential." -John Amatt The author used this quote because he also talks a lot about other people and how they should not stand back, but go after what they want and to follow your desires. I thought this book was really moving because it had numerous amounts of life experiences that just made you want to read more. He also made me think of things in my life because he puts some questions out there for the reader. The writer had many strengths like, very good descriptions. His descriptions wanted to make me read more. Also a strength was that he was able to make me think of my own experiences in my life. He handles his issues well and does a really good job of describing them. He makes the book very detailed and it is factual. He also did have some weaknesses. He tended to stay on one subject for a very long time which cold get a little boring at times, but he always managed to keep the book interesting. I would say that people around the ages of 16 to 25 would be interested in this book because it is about the author as a teenager and an adult. He handles his issues well and does a really good job of describing them. He makes the book very detailed and it is factual.

 

stellar book!, March 23, 2007 A Kid's Review My Last Breath by Matthew D. Dovel was a very intriguing and a very hard book to put down once I started reading it. The author, Matthew D. Dovel, grew up in a small town in California and had a pretty normal childhood. At the age of twelve he was drowned by his good friends on accident and got a glimpse of heaven. In My Last Breath Dovel takes you through all the experiences, good and bad, of his life. In his book Dovel drowns and gets a glimpse of heaven and the feelings that come along with it. He goes through the rest of his life not telling anyone about his experience. He ends up getting for frustrated with the world around him and wants to kill himself and return to heaven but instead is sent to hell. Returning again from the after world Dovel is trying to cope through the two experiences he has just been through. Dovel is trying to tell his readers about both sides of the after world, heaven and hell. He explains vividly his three days that he experienced in hell after he tried to kill himself to get the fullness of heaven that he had felt before when he was drowned. There are many vivid illustrations that Dovel uses to really get his point across. This book is written very cleverly and uses very powerful points to get across the authors views. "I was once told, after my suicide attempt, that suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem". This passage that Matthew D. Dovel wrote in his book is very strong in putting across a main point of his book. He tells the flat out truth about most of the world's problems with suicide and substance abuse. Dovel really knows the in's and outs of all the situations he has been in and knows what its like to abuse substances and be able to come out a good person. The beginning and middle of the book were the easiest parts to read. They flew by very fast because of all the action the was occurring during these chapters. In the end of the book Dovel just gives his advice and views about God. He tries to comfort those who had thought about suicide and maybe conceder doing. I would recommend this book to anyone. To read this you do not have to be thinking about suicide or be abusing drugs or alcohol. It is a good book if you just want a good quick read. My Last Breath teaches about the different lives of some that we don't even know about. I would give this book four stars because the book really slows down towards the end.

 

My Last Breath, March 23, 2007 A Kid's Review "My Last Breath," by Matthew Dovel is a book of courage, experience and real life experiences. If you're looking for a touching book, that will "wow" you with experience, then this is the book for you. Once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down. This book is an easy read, as you're reading it the pages just fly by. This book implies a huge message about life, and how to live your life to the fullest. Matthew grew up in Poway, California. He died and went to heaven in Poway. At the age of twenty-one he joined the U.S Air force. They stationed him in Alaska. Matthew Dovel wrote this book about himself. This book a complete nonfiction from start to finish. This is a unique story about the presence of Jesus Christ in Matthew himself after he visited Heaven and Hell. At the age of twelve Matthew Dovel died. While he was knocked out he remembers a feeling of peace coming over him. He saw a light with a man standing in front of it. Matthew, being a child with no religious back round, didn't recognize who it was. Finally it hit him that it was Jesus Christ. Jesus told Matthew his time was not up and to go back and live the rest of his life to the fullest. Matthew came back to life, only being overcome with the feeling of wanting to go back to heaven. The peace that came over him was a once and a lifetime experience. The only thing Dovel wanted in life was to go back to heaven. Drugs and Alcohol took over Matthew Dovels life. He spent the rest of his childhood and young adult years abusing alcohol and drugs till one day he realized the only way he could be back in heaven was to die again. Dovel attempted to commit suicide. This ended in a 3 day trip to hell, but once again he returned to tell of his experience. After Matthew explains it's not until after the near death experience, until you realize the importance of life, and how unique your life is. After coming back from hell Matthew immediately stopped abusing drugs and alcohol. He was blessed with a strong knowledge of electronics. He didn't know how, and he didn't know why, all he knew was he was really good at understanding electronics. Dovels life had changed and he devoted in life to the bible, and to Jesus Christ. He believes Jesus knows what is right for him, and no matter what will lead him in the right direction. After coming back from hell Dovel had a completely new understand of life, and a whole new understanding of his purpose on earth. He finally realized this earth isn't hell. Dovel explains the importance of living your life to the fullest and why you don't want to have it go in the wrong direction. I suggest reading this book to everyone out there. I would give this book 5 stars, for keeping you interested and an extremely touching story.