little reminders

Got this from a website... ;p

Little reminders and suggestions on how to live a happy and rewarding life:
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* Watch a sunrise at least once a year.
* Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated.
* Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen every day.
* Don't waste time learning the "tricks of the trade." Instead, learn the trade.
* Hug children after you discipline them.
* Give to charity all the clothes you haven't worn duing the past three years.
* Choose your life's mate carefully. From this one decision will come ninety percent of all your happiness or misery.
* Think big thoughts, but relish small pleasures.
* Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.
* Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.
* Skip one meal a week and give what you would have spent to a street person.
* Strive for excellence, not perfection.
* Take time to smell the roses.
* Never cut what can be untied.
* Lie on your back and look at the stars.
* Leave everything a little better than you found it.
* Remember that a successful marriage depends on two things: (1) finding the right person and
(2) being the right person.
* Street musicians are a treasure. Stop for a moment and listen; then leave a small donation.
* Focus on making things better, not bigger.
* Select a doctor your own age so that you can grow old together.
* Tape record your parent's laughter.
* Send your loved one flowers. Think of a reason later.
* Never admit at work that you're tired, angry, or bored.
* Cherish your children for what they are, not for what you'd like them to be.
* Don't postpone joy.
*Remember: No one can make you feel inferior without your permission.
*Do not think that the knowledge you presently possess is changeless, absolute truth. Avoid being narrow-minded and bound to present views. Learn and practice non-attachment from views in order to be open to receive others' viewpoints. Truth is found in life and not merely in conceptual knowledge. Be ready to learn throughout our entire life and to observe reality in yourself and in the world at all times.

[Doctrine by Thich Nhat Hanh (pronounced Tick-Naught-Han), a Vietnamese Buddhist monk. During the war in Vietnam, he worked tirelessly for reconciliation between North and South Vietnam. His lifelong efforts to generate peace moved Martin Luther King, Jr. to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1967. He lives in exile in a small community in France where he teaches, writes, gardens, and works to help refugees worldwide. He has conducted many mindfulness retreats in Europe and North America helping veterans, children, environmentalists, psychotherapists, artists and many thousands of individuals seeking peace in their hearts, and in their world.]