Twenty tips to live by ...

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I N S T R U C T I O N S* F O R * L I F E

  1. Take into account that great love and great achievements
    involve great risk.

  2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.

  3. Follow the three R’s:
    Respect for self,
    Respect for others and
    Responsibility for all your actions.

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

  5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

  6. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great relationship.

  7. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate
    steps to correct it.

  8. Spend some time alone every day.

  9. Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.

  10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

  11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and
    think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.

  12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for
    your life.

  13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the
    current situation. Don’t bring up the past.

  14. Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.

  15. Be gentle with the earth.

  16. Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.

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

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

  19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

Now here is an idea, my loveys… write YOUR #20.

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Never lose sight of your goal, but more importantly, never lose sight of the people you meet along the way to acheiving that goal.

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Good advice.

the hardest thing to do sometimes is to not do something.

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Enjoy the silence.

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Always remember “when your glass is half empty - at least you have the glass.”

Woody Allen?

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lol

“Before you judge somebody, walk a mile in their shoes. That way you’re a mile away, and you have their shoes.”

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My #20.

Live according to your own constitution.

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This is a rule I personally like:

Never assume a simple solution to a complex problem (they are usually wrong)

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Know your enemy because it’s like a shapeshifter… and stuff…

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20: Always remember to zip up…

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#20 Always remember to tuck it in, before zipping up.

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20: The glass is neither half full nor half empty - it just needs topping up.

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20. When shit happens, don’t step in it.

Main Entry: bshit[/b]
Pronunciation: 'shit
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): shit or shat /'shat/; shit·ting
Etymology: alteration of earlier shite, from Middle English shiten, from Old English -scItan; akin to Old High German scIzan to defecate and probably to Old English scEadan to separate – more at [size=75]SHED[/size]
as a intransitive verb, usually vulgar : [size=75]DEFECATE[/size]
as a transitive verb
1 usually vulgar : to defecate in – in reference to Dane Cook : “…someone shit in or around the vicinity of the coat.”
2 usually vulgar : to attempt to deceive : [size=75]BULLSHIT[/size] – in reference to 99.9% of all press release information from the White House [Bush Administration] and/or President G.W. Bush himself.
3 usually vulgar : event of misfortune, unfavorable circumstances, [size=75]THE TOWER[/size] – in reference to an event causing a person to have a bad day; emphasis on feelings of depression : see [size=75]SEPTEMBER 11, 2001[/size].

[size=84]Conditional meaning for the act of “stepping in it” refers to not causing your day to become worse than it already had become. Also may be considered in dealing with shit that has not affected you but rather someone you know or love; in which case to “take it easy” with that person as a result to not make their day any worse than it already is.[/size]

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  1. Put the seat down lest we girls fall in at 4AM. :confused:
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#20:
Always do what nature tells you to do.

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pan,

Does nature have a morality or conscience? Could your #20 become hedonistic if we allow that kind of freedom? Sounds like fun, but what would the children think? :wink:

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haha.

“There is no softer pillow, than a clear conscience.”

I wish I knew who I got this quote from. That fact that I’m blantantly stealing it, attributing it to no one, is pressing heavy on my mind, and I haven’t got a wink. :smiley:

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[My] Tip for life:

Nothing is more important then YOUR needs.
Overcome all fear, repression, disbelief and lack of knowledge.

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Nature has no morality or conscience.
when one do what nature tells him/her to do,he must not infringe on other’s right to do what nature tells them to do,I think this is the foundation or principle of morality or conscience.

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The Spoon:

Spoon Boy: Do not try to bend the spoon; that’s impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth.
Neo: What truth?
Spoon Boy: There is no spoon.
Neo: There is no spoon?
Spoon Boy: Then you will see, it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself.

bend yourself far enough to break a new world or at least pass over too the other side of the gate.

(side note: i’m an FMA fan - please forgive me)