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a SM minute
Terry Slade (tmslade@ACTX.EDU)
Thu, 10 Jun 1999 10:03:41 -0500
INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIFE
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 sleep all you want.
4. When you say "I love you," mean it.
5. When you say "I'm sorry," look the other 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.
9. Love deeply and passionately. You might 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.
12. Talk slowly, but think quickly.
13. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer,
simply smile and ask, "Why do you want to know?"
14. Remember that greater love and greater achievements involve great
risks.
15. Call your Mom or Dad.
16. Say "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze.
17. When you "lose," don't lose the lesson, too.
18. Remember the three R's: respect for self; respect for others;
responsibility for all your actions.
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 man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their
conversational skills will be as important as any other thing you
could want.
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 and watch less TV.
27. Live a good, honorable life. Then, when you get older and think back,
you'll get to enjoy it all a second time.
28. Trust in God, but lock your car.
29. A loving atmosphere in your home is so important. Do all you can to
create a tranquil, harmonious home.
30. In a disagreement with loved ones, deal only with the current
situation. Don't bring up the past.
31. Read between the lines.
32. Share your knowledge. It is a happy way to achieve immortality.
33. Be gentle with the earth.
34. Pray. There's immeasurable power in it.
35. Never interrupt when you are being flattered.
36. Mind your own business
37. Don't trust a man/woman 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. That is wealth's greatest satisfaction.
40. Remember that not getting want you want is sometimes a stroke of
luck.
41. Learn all the rules, then break some of them.
42. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for
each other is greater than your need for each other.
43. Judge your success by what you what you had to give up in order to
attain it.
44. Remember that your character is your destiny.
45. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
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