Lessons for Life

This happens a lot in my life: I put something down in one place, a 'safe' place I think of, and eventually forget where that 'safe' place was. Well, I rediscovered one of my safe places this weekend when I stumbled across an old e-mail I had printed out. The email is titles "Lessons for Life" and it has some good rules to apply to your life. Therefore, to start off another crazy week I thought I'd rehash these lessons to you all as a little for for though or perhaps just something to think of instead of the busy-ness of our everyday lives.

Enjoy :)



Lessons for Life

Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.

Memorize your favorite poem.

Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or loaf all you want.

Be engages at least 6 months before you get married.

Believe in love at first sight.

NEVER laugh at anyone's dreams. People who don't have dreams don't have much.

Love deeply and passionately. You may get hurt, but it's the only way to live life completely.

Don't judge people by their relatives or by the life they were born into.

Teach yourself to speak slowly but think quickly.

When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask,"Why do you want to know?"

Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

Call your mother.

When you lose, don't lose the lesson.

Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.

Spend more time alone.

Open your arms to change but don't let go of your values.

Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

Trust in God but lock your car.

A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life. Do all you can to create a tranquil, harmonious home.

In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.

Don't just listen to what someone is saying. Listen to why they are saying it.

Share your knowledge.

Pray or meditate. There's immeasurable power in it.

Never interrupt when you are being flattered.

Mind your own business.

Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.

Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for one another exceeds your need for each other.

Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.