Good Advice For A Happy Life
This cool list of “advice for a happy life” was received in one of those annoying chain emails…but it’s value is priceless and well worth sharing. I wonder what other words of wisdom you have to add to these gems. My list is below.
- Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
- Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.
- Don’t believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.
- When you say, ‘I love you,’ mean it.
- When you say, ‘I’m sorry,’ look the person in the eye.
- Be engaged at least six months before you get married.
- Believe in love at first sight.
- Never laugh at anyone’s dreams. People who don’t have dreams don’t have much.
- Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it’s the only way to live life completely.
- In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.
- Don’t judge people by their relatives.
- Talk slowly but think quickly.
- When someone asks you a question you don’t want to answer, smile and ask, ‘Why do you want to know?’
- Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
- Say ‘bless you’ when you hear someone sneeze.
- When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
- Remember the three R’s: Respect for self; Respect for others; and Responsibility for all your actions.
- Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
- When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
- Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.
- Spend some time alone.
My own personal list of advice for a happy life goes something like this…
…only make decisions when you are in an emotionally neutral space.
…be thoughtful of other people’s feelings when you are providing feedback.
…tell the truth, no matter how difficult it might seem at the time!
…integrity is something that only you can decide if you possess or not.
…be accepting of other people’s lifestyle choices.
…do NOT pass judgement and label someone as anything…such as stupid, weak, bad, ugly, lazy etc.
…know that our greatest power is to change our attitude.
…all people are doing the best they know how to.
…to let go when you know you’ve done the best you can possibly do.
…have faith in your abilities, common sense, skills, wisdom, courage and vision for the future.
…you can be anything you want to be by making conscious choices each step of the way.
…it is easier to reach for bigger goals than for smaller ones.
…trust that everything works out for the best.
…be open to even better outcomes than you could have possibly imagined.
…doing what you enjoy to do for a living, is one of the finest pleasures in life.
…to forgive is one of the greatest gifts we give ourselves.
…to talk about the unpleasant things that happened in the past, only serves to keep us there.
…miracles happen all the time – we simply have to recognize them.
…people rarely remember us for what we say, they remember us for how we make them feel.
…we create our lives with every thought, word and action.
…worry is a prayer for what we don’t want.
…the two most powerful words in the universe are “I am!”
…if you don’t choose your own life experience, your life experience will choose you.
…people love you for who you are, exactly the way you are- right now!
…once you set a goal, always take one step towards it’s attainment – immediately.
…a good leader always takes responsibility – no matter what!
…if you let go of fear, fear let’s go of you.
…one of the benefits of working for no pay, is that you can leave whenever you want.
…giving people what they want is the best way to do business.
…put yourself first.
…actions speak much louder than words.
…speak your mind when you feel strongly about something.
…don’t make other people feel obligated.
…do what you feel like doing as often as you can.
…let yourself cry when you feel like it, even if it is in public.
…say “I love you” when you feel like it, but don’t expect anything in return.
…you can command respect easily, simply by respecting others.
…mistakes are our best teachers.
…to remain calm and to breathe is the best way to overcome pain.
…you can tell more about a person by what he says about others, than by what others say about him.
…give as much as you can, as often as you can, and in the best ways you can.
