Instructions For Life
©2000-2017 Roedy Green of Canadian Mind Products
Here is an email I received in response to one of my essays.
Instructions For Life
Jim Pattillo : jepattillo@mindspring.com : 2000-08-31
This is what The Dalai Lama has to say on the millennium. All it takes is a few
seconds to read and think over. Do not keep this message. The mantra must leave your
hands within 96 hours. You will get a very pleasant surprise. This is true even if you
are not superstitious.
- Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
- When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
- Follow the three Rs: Respect for self, Respect for others and Responsibility for
all your actions.
- Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of
luck.
- Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
- Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
- When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct
it.
- Spend some time alone every day.
- Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
- Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
- Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll
be able to enjoy it a second time.
- A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
- In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don’t
bring up the past.
- Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.
- Be gentle with the earth.
- Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.
- Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other
exceeds your need for each other.
- Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
- Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
Forward this mantra e-mail to at least 5 people!
Just as Christians love to put their own words into God’s mouth,
it sounds like the Buddhists want their words sanctified by being uttered by the Dalai
Lama.
