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Instructions for Life
Anon |
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1 |
Give
people more than they expect, and do it cheerfully. |
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2. |
Memorize
your favourite poem. |
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3. |
Don't
believe all you hear, spend all you have, or sleep all you
want. |
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4. |
Say "I
love you" only if you mean it. |
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5. |
When you
say "I'm sorry," look the person in the eye. |
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6. |
Be
engaged at least six months before you get married. |
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7. |
Believe
in love at first sight. |
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8. |
Never
laugh at anyone's dreams. |
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9. |
Love
deeply and passionately. You might get hurt, but it's the
only way to live life completely. |
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10. |
In
disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling. |
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11. |
Don't
judge people by their relatives. |
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12. |
Talk
slowly but think quickly. |
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13. |
When
someone asks you a question you don't want to answer,
smile and ask, "Why do you want to know?" |
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14. |
Remember
that great love and great achievements involve great risk. |
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15. |
Call
home. |
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16. |
Say
"Bless you" when you hear someone sneeze. |
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17. |
When you
lose, don't lose the lesson. |
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18. |
Remember
the three R's:
Respect for self;
Respect for others;
Responsibility for all your actions. |
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19. |
Don't
let a little dispute injure a great friendship. |
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20. |
When you
realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to
correct it. |
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21. |
Smile
when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your
voice. |
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22. |
Marry a
person you love to talk to. As you get older, their
conversational skills will be as important as any others. |
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23. |
Spend
some time alone. |
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24. |
Open
your arms to change, but don't let go of your values. |
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25. |
Remember
that silence is sometimes the best answer. |
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26. |
Read
more books and watch less TV. |
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27. |
Live a
good, honourable life. Then when you get older and think
back, you'll get to enjoy it a second time. |
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28. |
Trust in
God but lock your car. |
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29. |
Do all
you can to create a tranquil, harmonious home. |
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30. |
In
disagreements with loved ones, deal with the current
situation. Don't bring up the past. |
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31. |
Read
between the lines. |
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32. |
Share
your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality. |
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33. |
Be
gentle with the Earth. |
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34. |
Pray.
There's immeasurable power in it. |
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35. |
Never
interrupt when you are being flattered. |
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36. |
Mind
your own business. |
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37. |
Don't
trust a man/woman who doesn't close his/her eyes when you
kiss. |
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38. |
Once a
year, go someplace you've never been before. |
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39. |
If you
make a lot of money, put it to use helping others while you
are living. That is wealth's greatest satisfaction. |
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40. |
Remember
that not getting what you want is sometimes a stroke of
luck. |
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41. |
Learn
the rules, then break some. |
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42. |
Remember
that the best relationship is one where your love
for each other is greater than your need for each other. |
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43. |
Judge
your success by what you had to give up in order to get it. |
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44. |
Remember that your
character is your destiny. |
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45. |
Approach
love and cooking with reckless abandon. |
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46. |
Many
people will walk in and out of your life,
but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. |
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47.
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To
handle yourself, use your head;
To handle others, use your heart. |
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48. |
Anger is
only one letter short of danger. |
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49. |
If
someone betrays you once, it's his fault;
if he betrays you twice, it's your fault. |
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50. |
Great
minds discuss ideas;
Average minds discuss events;
Small minds discuss people. |
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51. |
God
gives every bird its food,
But He does not throw it into its nest. |
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52. |
He who
loses money, loses much;
He who loses a friend, loses more;
He who loses faith, loses all. |
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53. |
Beautiful young people are acts of nature,
But beautiful old people are works of art. |
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54. |
Learn
from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to
make them all yourself. |
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55. |
The
tongue weighs practically nothing, But so few people can
hold it. |
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56. |
The real
test of class is how you treat people who cannot possibly do
you any good. |
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57. |
The road
to success and the road to happiness are two lanes of the
same highway. The toll paid is, "To Thine Own self, Be
True." |
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58. |
Everyone
can use a prayer. |
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59. |
Family,
caring and love have no ethnic, age, socio-economic,
geographic, religious, cultural, or ethnic boundaries. |
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60. |
No
matter how hard and heart-wrenching the consequences:
"It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have
loved at all." |
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61. |
Making a
living is not the same thing as making a life. |
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62. |
If you
pursue happiness, it will elude you. If you focus on your
family, the needs of others, your work, meeting new people,
and doing the very best you can, happiness will find you. |
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63. |
Believe
in miracles. |
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64. |
Synchronicity happens when one tunes in and listens to the
soft, almost imperceptible whisperings. |
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65. |
If
something unkind is said about you, bless the person,
knowing that untoward comments are merely self-projections.
Continue to live your life, so that no one will believe
them. |
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66. |
Children
and grandparents are natural allies. |
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66. |
A heart
filled with gratitude attracts serenity and contentment. |
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67. |
Even
when you have pains, you don't have to be one. |
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68. |
Silent
company is often more healing than words of advice. |
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69. |
When one
door closes, another opens. Keep from looking so regretfully
at the closed door, and look for the other that is swinging
wide open. |
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70. |
The
greater a person's sense of guilt, the greater his/her need
to cast blame on others. |
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71. |
Carpe
Diem (Seize the Day)! Yet, while opportunity may not knock
twice, Grace often gives you a second chance. |
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72. |
Going
through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands doesn't
work; you need to be able to throw something back. |
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73. |
Its not
who you know but who knows you! |
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74. |
Someone's day, month, or year is made by simply sending a
card or an e-mail. |
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75. |
Less is
more. |
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76. |
Living
in the tradition of Lloyd C. Douglas' The Magnificent
Obsession, giving without telling anyone, is true
giving. |
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77. |
To cheer
yourself up, cheer someone else up. |
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78. |
When you
wave to people in the country, they stop what they are doing
and wave back. |
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79. |
You can
tell a lot about a person by the way three things are
handled: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas
tree lights. |
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80. |
Whenever
a decision is based on love, it is the right decision. |
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81. |
Among
the best gifts given to children are not material. They
include: values, loving your loved ones and nurturing your
relationships, being there for them, and expressing your
affection and Aloha with thought, word, and deed. |
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82. |
There
are people who love you dearly and just don't know how to
say it. Their eloquence is to be found in their loving
actions. |
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83. |
Reach
out and hold hands, initiate a warm hug, or give a friendly
pat on the back. Human touch is healthful for body and soul. |
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84. |
Regardless of your relationship with your parents, you miss
them terribly after they die. |
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85. |
Thy Will
is infinitely wiser than my will. There are no accidents. |
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86. |
There's
always something new to learn. |
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87.
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Love is
our reason for living. |
