"INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIFE"

by The Dalai Lama, 2000.

• Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risks.

  
  

• When you lose, don't lose the lesson.

  
  

• Follow the three R's.... RESPECT for self, RESPECT for others, and RESPONSIBILITY for all your actions.

  
  

• Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

  
  

• Learn the rules, so that you know how to break them properly.

  
  

• Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

  
  

• When you realise that you have made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

  
  

• Spend some time alone every 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 honourable 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 of 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 somewhere you've never been before.

  
  

• Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds the need for each other.

  
  

• Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

  
  

• Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

by The Dalai Lama, 2000

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