Tuesday, January 30, 2007

The Dalai Lama's Recommendations for You

clipped from: www.progress.org

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 Rs:


    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 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, 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's 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.

Sunday, January 28, 2007

All about Life

Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.
Unknown

All about Attitude

If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today.
E. Joseph Cossman


The crisis of yesterday is the joke of tomorrow.
H. G. Wells


Many of life's failures are men who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Thomas Edison