Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Instructions for life

I found this many years ago and wanted to share it with you.  What wonderful advice.



                            Instructions for Life

1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three Rs: 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 little dispute injure a great friendship.
7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some 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's a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go some place 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.
20. Don’t believe all you hear, spend all you have, or sleep all you want.
21. When you say, “I love you,” mean it.
22. When you say. “I’m sorry,” look the person in the eye.
23. Never laugh at anyone’s dreams.  People who don’t have dreams don’t have much.
24. Read between the lines.
25. Pray.  There’s immeasurable power in it.
26. Never interrupt when you are being flattered.
27. Mind your own business.
28. If you make a lot of money, put it to use helping others while you are living.  That is wealth’s greatest satisfaction.
29. Remember that your character is your destiny.