I’ll be 50 in a few hours! And as a gift to my children, family and friends, I started writing my life lessons a couple of weeks ago. It started looking like another book, so I cut them all down into one-liners and still ended up with about 65. Thanks to Sara who helped keep the best 50. I hope these inspire you to change your thoughts and take some action towards making your life more dinchack…
- Life is fair even when it doesn’t seem to be.
- You are not supposed to be like everyone else.
- When in doubt, listen to your heart, and take a small step.
- Change your actions, reactions and the way you put yourself out there, and you will change the way the world responds to you.
- Three things change your life: love, suffering and dreams.
- Focusing on all you have rather than what you don’t have is far better use of our brainpower. Gratitude is the first step to positivity and happiness.
- Holding a grudge is like holding burning coals in your own hands.
- Life isn’t perfect, but it has perfect moments.
- Nobody has extra time. You just have to make room for what’s important.
- Dreams are important, but only when we follow them with goals, plans and actions.
- The less stuff you have, the freer you are.
- You don’t have to win every argument.
- Accept and expect that failure is part of the experience. Learn from it and move on.
- Don’t let your past mess with your present.
- Don’t compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
- Success with people comes not from being interesting but being interested.
- Make exercise a daily priority. It makes you physically, mentally and emotionally stronger. It improves your health and your outlook.
- It’s hard to live a high performance life in a low performance body.
- If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.
- Friendships need time and attention. Nurture them.
- Anything can change in the blink of an eye.
- Change is good; don’t resist it. Embrace it and consider it an adventure.
- Life is too short for pity parties. Get busy living, or get busy dying.
- Angry outbursts result in regret, stress and unhappiness.
- The only way to overcome a fear is to jump right in.
- When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.
- If you haven’t found your passion, make it a mission to find it. The joy it brings reflects in every aspect of your life.
- Don’t wait for special occasion to do or say something special. Today is special.
- Plan well but be prepared to go with the flow.
- Follow-up and follow-through are critical, though few people practice either.
- Work harder and smarter – not one or the other.
- Travel enlightens you, expands you, and makes you more interesting, insightful and accepting. Spending on travel is an investment in yourself.
- Learning is our most powerful leverage in life.
- Thoughts become things. Whether positive or negative, limiting or liberating, our thoughts can become our reality.
- Frame every so-called disaster with these words: “In five years, will this matter?”
- Forgive everyone everything.
- Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
- Your job won’t take care of you when you are old and sick. Your family and friends will. Stay in touch.
- Believe in miracles.
- God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.
- Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.
- You can teach them, love them and support them, but you can’t change them. They are unique individuals who must live their own lives. Let them.
- Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
- Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
- Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
- No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
- Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
- Everything you want is out there and everything you need to achieve it is inside you.
- Age is a number. Don’t allow a number to hold you back from being the person you are inside.
- The best is yet to come.
- Have faith. (Sara suggested to add this to the list)
Please let me know through comments which one did you find most useful/inspiring, and also feel free to share your own life lessons. Thanks!