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