Almost everybody that I know has a set of rules that they live by, and I am no different. Here is a set of my own that I wrote over the years. Maybe you will find something that works for you, or maybe you will have one to share that I can add to my list?
1) Live on the edge just once. While you are there, take some time to take a good look around. Take notice of what exists over the cliff in order to avoid what you've just seen.
2) Our entire world arises in language. With that in mind, be mindful of the words you speak & know that if you don't, they can leave a lifetime of scars on you and those who love you.
3) Believe in a higher power. Call it what you want, and do whatever necessary to show your honor, but know that there is something greater than you in this universe, because there is.
4) Your stubbornness is likely the very source of your reality.
5) Hatred & anger may come easily, but love & forgiveness feels better in the end
6) Most men will dream of success & happiness, but only a few will set out to achieve it.
7) Your youth is a gift like no other that you'll ever receive. Enjoy it & make the most of it or when your older you'll wish you had
8) Believe in yourself regardless of whether or not you feel anyone else does. In the end, it's what you say about yourself that will create your own boundaries
9) Life is like a game. Sometimes you are thrown a foul & sometimes you score, but you will only win by getting on the field and playing.
10) Make time daily to take notice of the beauty of life and the environment around you. Find it in nature, the people around you, and see it in yourself. The experience will impact you for life.
11) Allow yourself to love, but most importantly allow yourself to experience being loved.
12) Admire your body because its the only one you'll ever own. There will be a time when you realize how great it used to be
13) Happiness is your creation, as is being unhappy. Choose powerfully & accept your choice
14) The number of people that you call friend is by your own design. There is no correct number, but choose wisely
15) No matter what your "plan" is, you can count on life throwing you a curve ball when you least expect it. This is a fact, and it is out of your control. How you deal with this curve ball is all your own making.
16) Live life healthy, but allow for some unhealthy living
17) Live & love each day as if tomorrow doesn't exist, because it may not
18) Your life is a like a story being written each day. Never forget that you are the author
19) The past need not define you. Who you are today will impact you, and the rest lies in the future that you are creating.
20) When you're younger, you'll wish you were older, and when your older you'll daydream of your youth. Somewhere in between you'll try to balance career, family, and self. Take time to slow down. The world is a beautiful place, but it requires you to take notice.
21) Study hard in science, but take time to pray.
22) Honor your mother & father. They did what they did, and they didn't do what they couldn't do or didn't know. When you are older you will realize just how much they did do, and often with very little appreciation from you.
23) Seek wisdom from those your senior and learn to play from the young. You won't remember the wisdom from your elders & you will forget how to play within seconds, but the opportunity you took to just stop for a moment will be worth your time.
24) If you can't forgive for others, forgive for yourself
25) It's important to search for answers in your life, but it is just as important to live life. What good are the answers if you've forgotten to live?
26) Be soft enough to cry and hard enough to stand up for what you believe in. When all is said & done, your greatest critic will be yourself.
27) The way people occur to you will impact the way you relate to them, which in turn will determine who they become for you in your life.
28) When you try to fix somebody, you take on ownership of their problems. Allow them to be who they are and take ownership of your friendship instead
29) It takes a lifetime to live your life, therefore it's best to let others live their own.
30) Everyday is a fresh day & an opportunity to re-write the script called "life".
31) Dream all you want but take note of the calendar.
32) Children are a gift from above to remind us how carefree life once was and how complicated we have made it.
33) We are put on this earth with others for a reason. You cannot stand alone and we all need help. Don't be too proud to ask or too selfish to give.
34) There are two sentences that when said either together or on their own will improve your life. Practice them & "be" them. The two sentences are "I am sorry" and "I love you".
35) God gave you the tools to survive & the rest is up to you. Success or failure? Choose... You define them both & you will be the one sentenced to abide by your definitions. There is nobody else to blame or to thank but you. Choose wisely, and in the end it is what it is!
36) Mom is always right
36) Mom is always right
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