Tuesday, November 29, 2005 |
THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIFE....by THE DALAI LAMA |
A message by the Dalai Lama for 2005
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** 1). Take into account the great love and great achievements involve great risks.
** 2). When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
** 3). Follow the Three R's: --- Respect for self, --- Respect for others, --- Responsibility for all your actions.
** 4). Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful sroke of luck.
** 5). Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
** 6). Don't let a little dispute injure a great relationship.
** 7). When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
** 8). Spend sometime alone everyday.
** 9). Open arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
**10). Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
**11). Live a good, honorable life, then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
**12). A loving atmospehre in your home is the foundation for your life.
**13). In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
**14). Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
**15). Be gentle with the earth.
**16). Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.
**17). Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
**18). Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
**19). Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
(Source: A Mantra sent by a friend from the Dalai Lama) |
posted by infraternam meam @ 1:07 AM |
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Home: Chicago, United States
About Me: I am now at the prime of my life
and have been married for the past 25 years.
Sickly at times, but wants to see the elixir vita,
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