Instructions for life:
Dalai Lama’s thoughts for 2007
Are still stand out thoughts for 2008
- Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
- When you lose, don’t lose the lesson
- Follow the three R’s
- Respect for self
- Respect for others
- Responsibility for all your actions
- Respect for self
- Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
- Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly
- Don’t let a little dispute injure a great relationship
- When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
- Spend some time alone each day
- Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values
- Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
- Live a good honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.
- A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
- In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.
- Share your knowledge. It is the way to achieve immortality.
- Be gentle with the earth.
- Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.
- Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
- Judge your success by what you had to give up to get it.
- Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
Thoughts that are should be implemented and shared by all of us.
2 comments:
Thanks very much Simon!
I appreciated your comments and your kind writings about your seeing "passion for life" on my blog site. I wish you the best with yours as well!
Thanks for visiting!
Joyce@The Secret Gardener
Thank you for your kind comments
Simon
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