Rules For Life

1. Don't take life too seriously for no one gets out alive!
2. There are NO "do-overs".
3. If you want to be your child's memories tomorrow, you must be in their present.
4. Life isn't fair, but it can still good.
5. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
6. Life is too short to waste time hating or hurting anyone.
7. Your job won't care for you when you're sick, (in most cases) it's your friends and parents, so if possible, stay in touch.
8. Pay off your credit cards every month.
9. You don't have to win every argument, agree to disagree.
10. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
11. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
12. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
13. Your past is just that, the past. It can't be changed. Make peace with it.
14. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
15. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
16. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
17. Children don't ever stop needing their parents, even if they say they don't. The opposite is also true. Parenting is a lifetime commitment so if you are not in it for the long haul don't even pull out of the driveway.
18. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
19. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful, that includes people.
20. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
21. It's never too late to have a happy childhood, but the second one is up to YOU and no one else.
22. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
23. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.
24. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
25. Be eccentric now...Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
26. No one is in charge of your happiness but YOU.
27. Frame every so-called disaster with these words ''In five years, will this matter?".
28. No one is truly a mind reader. You can't hold others accountable for what you don't tell them. If you are feeling something and don't say it, that's your problem, not theirs. 
29. Forgive when possible.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Time heals almost everything. Give time, time.
32. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
33. If someone tells you, you have hurt them, you have a choice to either change it or ignore it. If you ignore it, don't surprised when they ignore you.
34. Believe in miracles, once in a while, be a miracle yourself!
35. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
36. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
37. We have to take the good with the bad, meaning we can take credit for the good we do in the lives of   others, but we also have to be accountable for the hurt we cause.
38. All relationships are a two way street. You cannot take more than you give.
39. Get outside every day. 
40. If we all through our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.  
44. Burn the candles, use nice sheets, wear fancy lingerie, don't save it for a special occasion.
45. Life is about choices. You and only you are responsible for yours.
46. Sometimes we have to go out of our comfort zone if it means making those we love feel better.
47. Growing old beats the alternative…dying young.
48. Your children get only one childhood.
49. Everything can change in the blink of an eye.
50. While our parents are responsible for our childhood and the wounds contained within, there is an expiration date for parental blame and it's about the time we start steering our own course in life. At that point we can no longer hold our parents accountable for the choices we make. We can only hold our parents accountable for choices they are currently making that have a direct impact on our lives. 

 

You learn what you live, you live what you learn, you teach what you are taught so if we want better, we must do better. Children make mistakes, mistakes build character, character encourages knowledge, knowledge guarantees success! We need to be actively involved in our own lives, in the lives of children, and in the lives of those we love. That doesn't always mean negative things won't come and issues won't arise, but passive involvement is a sure guarantee for disconnect.