Day the Twentyseventh


I enjoyed these rules. I thought number six was especially good, but number ten explains it all.

Ten Rules for Being a Human Being

by Cherie Carter-Scott

1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it's yours to keep for the entire period.

2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called, "life."

3. There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial, error, and experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiments that ultimately "work."

4. Lessons are repeated until they are learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can go on to the next lesson.

5. Learning lessons does not end. There's no part of life that doesn't contain its lessons. If you're alive, that means there are still lessons to be learned.

6. "There" is no better a place than "here." When your "there" has become a "here," you will simply obtain another "there" that will again look better than "here."

7. Other people are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.

8. What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.

9. Your answers lie within you. The answers to life's questions lie within you. All you need to do is look, listen, and trust.

10. You will forget all this.

Good Night, TTYL and Be Well

Comments

  1. AnonymousFebruary 28, 2009 at 6:26:00 AM PST

    You will forget all of this.

    True, but not the way it makes me feel.
    ~Mary

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  2. MartyFebruary 28, 2009 at 7:08:00 AM PST

    Hi Webster,
    I agree with most of these except number 7. While I agree you can see bits and pieces of yourself in others, I think we're all pretty much unique. Also, let's face it, some people are just plain rotten -- evil -- and I'd be horrified to think they were a mirror of myself.
    Best,
    Marty

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  3. WebsterFebruary 28, 2009 at 4:40:00 PM PST

    @Mary - I'm going to print them out and post them on my mirror so I can reflect on them regularly.

    @Marty - I hear what you're saying, and I wonder what I have in common with the Ted Bundy's of the world, then I remember the last time I killed a bug. Just sayin'...

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  4. Diane J StandifordMarch 8, 2009 at 7:21:00 AM PDT

    LOL, much truth there. Marty, I hear ya, I'll take that rule to imply "in general," and that pop psych idea holds true sometimes, but just sometimes. Webster, I doubt the jury would be moved if Bundy were compared to a fly or spider killer. LOL Lessons---right on the money.
    And hey, all those books you've read--other "couch potatoes" should be so productive.

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