Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Life’s Instructions – Dalai Lama

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

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

3. Follow the three R’s: Respect yourself, Respect others and take Responsibility for all your action.

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 friendship.

7. When you realise 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 and honourable 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 to some place you have 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

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