The Secret to Life
Life isn't about keeping score. It's not a question of how many friends you have or who accepts you. It's not about this weekends plans, who you're dating or used to date or even how many people you've dated or if you haven't been out with anyone. It isn't about who you've kissed. It's not a question of sex, family or how much money they've accumulated, or the kind of automobile you drive. Or where you went to school, college, or church. It's not about beauty or clothes, shoes, or the music you like. It's not a question of hair color, black red, brown or blond or if your skin is light or dark. It's not about intelligence, grades, or street smarts. It's not about the clubs you join or your sporting achievements. It's not your resume or the cups you've won. But life is who you love and who you cause pain to. It's about who you make happy. It's about true friendships, starting rumors or spreading gossip. It's about compassion and passing judgements on others. It's about ignoring or helping those in need. It's a question of revnege, fear, ignorance, jealousy and conceit. It's about the cultivation and spreading of hate and love. Most of all life is about how you inspire or poison the hearts of others. That's what life is all about.
Some Friends are Forever
Some people come into our lives and quickly go.
Some people move our souls to dance.
They awaken us to understanding with the passing whisper of their wisdom.
Some people make the sky more beautiful to gaze upon.
They stay in our lives for awhile, leave footprints in our hearts, and we are never, ever the same.
--Anonymous
The sky cries of a life that is lost
She knows the heart is cold
But the memory is the most painful cost
The sun set on all of the hope
While birds sing thier mourful song
She tosses a flower casually to the wind
Closes her eyes and wishes for the moon.
I N S T R U C T I O N S F O R L I F E
1. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
2. Memorize your favorite poem.
3. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have,
or loaf all you want.
4. When you say, "I love you," mean it.
5. When you say, "I'm sorry," look the person in
the eye.
6. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.
7. Believe in love at first sight.
8. Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People who don't have dreams don't
have much.
9. Love deeply and passionately. You may get hurt, but it's the only
way to live life completely.
10. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.
11. Don't judge people by their relatives, or by the life they were
born into.
12. Teach yourself to speak slowly but think quickly.
13. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile
and ask, "Why do you want to know?"
14. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve
great risk.
15. Call your mother.
16. Say, "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze.
17. Follow the three Rs: Respect for self, Respect for others,
Responsibility for all your actions.
18. Do one thing every day that scares you.
19. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
20. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to
Correct it.
21. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your
voice.
22. Marry a person you love to talk to. As you get older, his/her
conversational skills will be even more important.
23. Spend some time alone.
24. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
25. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
26. Read more books. Television is no substitute.
27. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think
back,you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
28. Trust in God but lock your car.
29. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
Do all you can to create a tranquil, harmonious home.
30. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current
situation. Don't bring up the past
31. Don't just listen to what someone is saying.Listen to why they are
saying it.
32. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
33. Be gentle with the earth.
34. Pray or meditate. There's immeasurable power in it.
35. Never interrupt when you are being flattered.
36. Mind your own business.
37. Don't trust anyone who doesn't close his/her eyes when you kiss.
38. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.
39. If you make a lot of money, put it to use helping others while you
are living. It is wealth's greatest satisfaction
40. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful
stroke of luck.
41. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
42. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for
each other exceeds your need for each other.
43. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
44. Live with the knowledge that your character is your destiny.
45. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
