Life Instruction

Life Instruction

"Instructions for Life"

1. Give people more than they expect
2. Memorise your favourite poem
3. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have
or sleep all you want
4. When you say you're sorry, look the person in
the eye
5. Be engaged at least 6 months before you get
married
6. In disagreements, fight fairly no name calling
7. Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People who
don't have dreams don't have much
8. Love deeply and passionately. You might get
hurt but its the only way to live life completely
9. Believe in love at first sight
10. Don't judge people by their relatives
11. Talk slowly but think quickly
12. Remember that great love and great
achievements involve great risk
13. Say "bless you" when you hear someone
sneeze
14. When you lose, don't lose the lesson
15. Remember the three R's. Respect for self,
respect for others, responsibility for all your actions
16. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship
17. Smile when you pick up the phone
18. Marry someone you love to talk to. As you get
older their conversational skills will be as important
as any other
19. Spend some time alone
20. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of
your values
21. Remember that silence is sometimes the best
answer
22. Read more books and watch less television
23. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get
older and you think back, you'll get to enjoy it a
second time
24. Trust in God but lock your car
25. Read between the lines
26. Share your knowledge, it's a way to achieve
immortality
27. Be gentle with the earth
28. Meditate. There's immeasurable power in it
29. Never interrupt when you are being flattered
30. Mind your own business
31. Don't trust a man/woman who doesn't close
his/her eyes when they kiss
32. Once a year go somewhere you have never
been before
33. Remember that not getting what you want is
sometimes a stroke of luck
34. Learn the rules then break some
35. Judge your success by what you had to give
up to achieve it
36. Approach love and cooking with reckless
abandon