Rules for Being Human

When you were born, you didn't come with an owner's manual; these guidelines make life work better.

1. You Will Receive A Body.
You may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for the entire period this time around.

2. You Will Learn Lessons.
You are enrolled in a full-time school called life. Each day you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or think them irrelevant or stupid.

3. There Are No Mistakes.
Growth is a process of trial and error, experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiments that ultimately "works".

4. A Lesson Is Repeated Until Learned.
A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can then go on to the next lesson.

5. Learning Lessons Does Not End.
There is no part of life that does not contain its lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.

6. "There" Is Not Better than "Here".
When your "there" has become a "here" you will simply obtain another "there" that will, again, look better than "here".

7. Others 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 Inside You.
The answers to life's questions lie inside you. All you need to do is look, listen, and trust.

10. You Will Forget All This.
You will forget all the above rules unless you regularly practice some means of staying focused and grounded in the present. Your ego will continually try to trick you into blaming your past or becoming anxious about the realities of life.

Cherie Carter-Scott in "Chicken Soup for the Soul"

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