Some Hard Truths that Make Life Better Once we Accept Them:
Stop trying to impress people. Most don’t give a rat’s patootie what you wear, how you think, what you do, or how you feel. Most don’t think about you at all.
Everyone, is going to die someday. Throw your energies into living and enjoying every day, instead of worrying about death and dying.
Stop trying to keep up with the Joneses. Be happy with what you have. There will always be those who have more because they can afford more. Increase your financial security —-strive to live below your means.
Don’t spin your wheels searching for love. When you are ready, love will find you. Make a friend and cultivate a deeper friendship —that may be ‘the love that finds you’.
To love, and allow them to love you, first love yourself. Don’t worry about shortcomings. No one is perfect. You are worthy of love. Forgive yourself and love who you already are.
Be accepting when things aren’t going your way. Nothing bad lasts forever and there is a lesson in every setback. The setbacks and bad times will all eventually pass.
Not everyone you meet will like you. Don’t waste time wondering why they don’t. The world is full of people who do enjoy your friendship and being with you because they do like you.
Be Truthful and never lie. When the truth catches up with a lie, it will destroy trust.
Learn to Forgive –-yourself and others. Forgive someone who wasn’t sorry and accept the apology you never received. There’s enough blame, shame, guilt and judgment to go around the world twice. Let it go! Forgiveness is what we do for us so we can move forward and heal.
Give a simple “Hi” and a smile to a stranger — be someone to recognize their existence, and show them they matter. You just might turn their entire day around.
No “time on your side”? Treasure the 1-second, 1-minute, 1-hour, 1-day you may get with a special someone and you’ll have all the time in the world.
Don’t let listening become a lost art. It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give someone. Spend more time listening than advising and chastising. Let others empower themselves.
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That's really something. It sounds idyllic. Norman Rockwell would have been inspired to create one of his most famous paintings had he been lucky enough to meet them.
#'s 4 and 3 especially resonate with me--My husband and I have been living "below our means" all our lives and it has served us very well financially as well as mentally and emotionally. As for love--when I stopped "looking for love" (in all the wrong places) it fell right into my lap and it's been keeping my lap warm for 44 years! ;-)