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why can't everyone make nicey nice?
Published Aug. 24, 2008
Wise words from the Dali Lama
INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIFE
1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three R’s:
Respect for self
Respect for others and
Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
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August 25, 2008 7:21 a.m.
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August 25, 2008 12:00 a.m.
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August 24, 2008 11:07 p.m.
Indeed, I never thought I would be able to pass off Carl's Lama story for my own. I keep forgetting how old that movie is...I was a sophomore in high school when it came out.
August 24, 2008 11:02 p.m.
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August 24, 2008 10:56 p.m.
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August 24, 2008 10:55 p.m.
I lol'd.
Uhhh, that's a quote from Carl Spackler the Groundskeeper in the movie Caddyshack.
Of course you were only three in 1980, so you may have missed it.
August 24, 2008 10:36 p.m.
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August 24, 2008 10:28 p.m.
So I got that goin' for me, which is nice.
August 24, 2008 10:24 p.m.
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August 24, 2008 10:07 p.m.
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