Life’s little instructions:
September 21, 2013 Leave a comment
Life is a journey
- -Spend your time and energy creating, not criticizing
- -Where there is a hill to climb, don’t think waiting will make it smaller…
- -Spend your time lifting people, not putting them down
- -Remember that what you give will afford you more pleasure than what you get
- -Accept the fact that regardless of how many times you are right, you will be sometimes wrong
- -Give children toys that are powered by their imagination, not by batteries
- -Never laugh at anyone’s dreams
- -Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt, but it’s the only way to live life completely
- -Rake a big pile of leaves every autumn and jump in them with someone you love
- -Don’t let your family get so busy that you don’t sit down at least one meal a day together
- -Never be the first to break a family tradition
- -Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something
- -Remember the 3 Rs: Respect for self, respect for others, and responsibility for all your actions
- -Never betray a confidence
- -Remember that everyone is influenced by kindness
- -Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship
- -Don’t overlook life’s small joys while searching for the big ones
- -When you have the choice of 2 exciting things, choose the one you haven’t tried
- -Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully
- -Remember no time spent with your children is wasted
- -Make the rules for your children clear, fair, and consistent
- -Life will sometimes hand you a magical moment. Savour it!
- -Everyone loves praise. Look hard for ways to give it to them
- -Don’t expect the best gifts to come wrapped in pretty paper you.
- -Hold your child’s and your loved one’s hands as often as you can. The time will come all too soon when they won’t let you.