Thoughts For A Better Life

• Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
   
• Memorize your favorite poem.
   
• 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.
   
• 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 slow but think quick.
   
• 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.
   
• Call your Mom.
   
• 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;
  - 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.
   
• Marry someone you love to talk to, as you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other skill.
   
• Spend time alone.
   
• Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
   
• Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
   
• Read more books and watch less TV.
   
• Live a good, honorable life.  Then when you get older and think back, you'll get to enjoy it a second time.
   
• Trust in God, but lock your car.
   
• A loving atmosphere in your home is so important.  Do all you can to create a tranquil harmonious home.
   
• In disagreements with loved ones, deal with the current situation; don't bring up the past.
   
• Read between the lines.
   
• Share your knowledge.  It's a way to achieve immortality.
   
• Be gentle with the earth.
   
• Pray  --  there's immeasurable power in it.
   
• Never interrupt when you are being flattered.
   
• Mind your own business.
   
• Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.
   
• If you make a lot of money, put it to use helping others while you are living.  That is wealth's greatest satisfaction.
   
• Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a stroke of luck.
   
• Learn the rules then break some.
   
• Remember that the best relationship is one where your love for each other is greater than your need for each other.
   
• Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
   
• Remember that your character is your destiny.
   
• Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.