The Rules for Being Human
(Anonymous)
• You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it will be
yours for as long as you live. How you take care of it or fail to take
care of it can make an enormous difference in the quality of your life.
• You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time, informal school
called Life. Each day, you will be presented with opportunities to learn
what you need to know. The lessons presented are often completely
different from those you THINK you
need.
• There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial, error
and experimentation. You can learn as much from failure as you can from
success. Maybe more.
• A lesson is repeated until it is learned. A lesson will be presented to
you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it
(as evidenced by a change in your attitude and ultimately your behavior),
then you can go on to the next lesson.
• Learning lessons does not end. There is no stage of life that does not
contain some lessons. As long as you live, there will be something more to
learn.
• “There” is no better than “here.” When your “there” has become a “here,”
you will simply discover another “there” that will again look better than
your “here.” Don't be fooled by believing that the unattainable is better
than what you have.
• Others are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something
about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about
yourself. When tempted to criticize others, ask yourself why you feel so
strongly.
• What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and
resources you need. What you create with those tools and resources is up
to you. Remember that through desire, goal-setting and unflagging effort
you can have anything you want. Persistence is the key to success.
• The answers lie inside you. The solutions to all of life’s problems lie
within your grasp. All you need to do is ask, look, listen and trust.
• You will forget all this. Unless you consistently stay focused on the
goals you have set for yourself everything you've just read won't mean a
thing. |
