Take into account that great love and great
achievements involve great risk.
When you lose,
don't lose the lesson.
Follow the three
Rs: Respect for self, Respect for others,
Responsibility for all your actions.
Remember that not
getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful
stroke of luck.
Learn the rules so
you know how to break them properly.
Don't let a little
dispute injure a great friendship.
When you realize
you've 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,
honorable 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 for your life.
In disagreements
with loved ones, deal only with the current
situation. Don't bring up the past.
Share your
knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
Be gentle with the
earth.
Once a year, go
someplace you've never been before.
Judge your success
by what you had to give up in order to get it.
Approach love and
cooking with reckless abandon.
Remember that the
best relationship is one in which your love for
each other exceeds your need for each other.
There the penitents
took off their shoes
And walked barefoot the
remaining mile.
-- Robert Lowell
Some people have
to have pain.
If dirt doesn't
fall on their heads from the sky, they sulk in
corners and hope their flesh turns to dust.
They do
everything the hard way, even when they know
better, and often complain and accuse others for
their pain.
For people like
this, even the song of a bird is a bother.
It's better to
smile when people like that accuse.
It's better to
wear shoes when walking on stones, better to
take the shortest way.
There is weeping
and wailing enough in the world, dumps full of
worn-out guilt and remorse.
When the bird
sings, it's better to look up and see that it
beats its wings not to punish itself, but to
fly.
Humor is such a
strong weapon, such a strong answer.
Women have to make
jokes about themselves,
laugh about themselves,
because they have nothing to lose.
-- Agnes Varda
Laughter can cure a physical condition; it can and
will positively affect an emotional illness as well.
Laughter ushers
in a new perspective which gives vent to a changed
attitude. And our attitude toward any situation,
any individual, is all-powerful.
A negative,
critical attitude toward our financial situation,
toward our disease, toward our boss, or spouse, or
children, determines how we feel moment by moment.
In like manner,
when we raise our sights, look at the world with
lightness in our hearts, expecting to enjoy the
day, the people, the activity, we'll succeed.
Finding humor in a
situation, any situation, prevents us from
succumbing to feelings of powerlessness.
Feeling powerless,
behaving as victims, came easily for many of us.
Choosing a
humorous response, opting to laugh at our
situation, at any point in time, keeps our
personal power where it belongs - with
ourselves.