Friday, September 26, 2008

Instructions for Life

  1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risks.
  2. When you lose don't lose the lesson.
  3. Follow the three R's: Respect for self, Respect for others and Responsibility for all your actions.
  4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
  5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
  6. Don't let a dispute injure a great relationship.
  7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
  8. Spend time alone every day.
  9. Open your arms to change but don't let go of your values.
  10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
  11. Live a good, honorable, life, then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
  12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
  13. In disagreements with loved ones deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
  14. Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
  15. Be gentle with the earth.
  16. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.
  17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
  18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
  19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

There you have it the instructions for life. I thought they were all very good and can relate to most of them but I thought it was just interesting.

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