INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIFE
1. Give people more than they expect and do
it cheerfully
2. Memorize your favorite poem.
3. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you
have, or loaf all you want
4. When you say, "I love you," mean it.
5. When you say, "I'm sorry," look the
person in the eye.
6. Be engaged at least six months before you
get married.
7. Believe in love at first sight.
8. Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People
who don't have dreams don't have much.
9. Love deeply and passionately. You may get
hurt, but it's the only way
to live life completely.
10. In disagreements, fight fairly. No
name-calling.
11. Don't judge people by their relatives,
or by the life they were born into.
12. Teach yourself to speak slowly but think quickly
13. When someone asks you a question you
don't want to answer,
smile and ask, "Why do you want to know?"
14. Take into account that great love and
great achievements
involve great risk.
15. Call your mother.
16. Say, "bless you" when you hear someone
sneeze.
17. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
18. Follow the three R's: Respect for self,
Respect for others,
Responsibility for all your actions.
19. Don't let a little dispute injure a
great friendship.
20. When you realize you've made a mistake,
take immediate steps to
correct it.
21. Smile when picking up the phone. The
caller will hear it in
your voice.
22. Marry a person you love to talk to. As
you get older, his/her
conversational skills will be even more important.
23. Spend some time alone.
24. Open your arms to change but don't let
go of your values.
25. Remember that silence is sometimes the
best answer.
26. Read more books. Television is no important.
substitute.
27. Live a good, honorable life. Then when
you get older and think
back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
28. Trust in God but lock your car.
29. A loving atmosphere in your home is the
foundation for your
life. Do all you can to create a tranquil
harmonious home.
30. In disagreements with loved ones, deal
only with the current
situation. Don't bring up the past.
31. Don't just listen to what someone is
saying. Listen to why they
are saying it.
32. Share your knowledge. It's a way to
achieve immortality.
33. Be gentle with the earth.
34. Pray or meditate. There's immeasurable
power in it.
35. Never interrupt when you are being
flattered.
36. Mind your own business.
37. Don't trust anyone who doesn't close
his/her eyes when you kiss.
38. Once a year, go someplace you've never
been before.
39. If you make a lot of money, put it to
use helping others while
you are living. It is wealth's greatest
satisfaction.
40. Remember that not getting what you want
is sometimes a
wonderful stroke of luck.
41. Learn the rules so you know how to break
them properly.
42. Remember that the best relationship is
one in which your love
for each other exceeds your need for each
other.
43. Judge your success by what you had to
44. Live with the knowledge that your
character is your destiny.
45. Approach love and cooking with reckless
everything you ever dreamed of will begin to
take shape.
Even if you don't believe in chain letters
and are convinced this can't
possibly change your life in any way, how
could it hurt to pass this good
advice along on the chance that it may help
someone along the how
could it hurt if you don't?
---Source Unknown
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