... THESE ARE THE RULES 



RULE #1: 
You Will Receive a Body. 


You may love it or hate it, but it will be yours 
for the duration of your life on Earth. 

(Acceptance, Self-Esteem, Respect, Pleasure) 




RULE #2: 
You Will Be Presented with Lessons. 


You are enrolled in a full-time informational school called "life." 
Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. 
You may like the lessons or hate them, but you have designed them as 
part of your curriculum. 

(Openness, Choice, Fairness, Grace) 




RULE #3: 
There Are No Mistakes, Only Lessons. 

Growth is the process of experimentation, a series of trials, 
errors and occasional victories. The failed experiments are 
as much a part of the process as experiments that work. 


(Compassion, Forgiveness, Ethics, Humor) 




RULE #4: 
Lessons Are Repeated Until Learned. 


Lessons will be repeated to you in various forms until 
you have learned them. When you have learned them, 
you can then go on to the next lessons. 

(Awareness, Willingness, Causality, Patience) 




RULE #5: 
Learning Does Not End. 


There is no part of life that doesn't contain lessons. 
If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned. 

(Surrender, Commitment, Humility, Flexibility) 




RULE #6: 
There Is No Better Than Here. 


When your "there" has become a "here," 
you will simply obtain another "there" 
that will look better to you than your present "here." 

(Gratitude, Nonattachment, Abundance, Peace) 




RULE #7: 
Others Are Only Mirrors of You 


You cannot love or hate something about another person 
unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself. 

(Tolerance, Clarity, Healing, Support) 




RULE #8: 
What You Make of Your Life is Up to You. 


You have all the tools and resources you need. 
What you do with them is up to you. 

(Responsibility, Release, Courage, Power, Adventure) 




RULE #9: 
All Your Answers Lie Inside You. 


All you need to do is look, listen and trust. 

(Listening, Trust, Inspiration) 




RULE #10: 
You Will Forget All of This at Birth. 


You can remember it if you want by unraveling 
the double helix of inner knowing. 

(Faith, Wisdom, Limitlessness) 




from 
If Life is a Game, These Are the Rules 
by 
Chérie Carter-Scott