You will receive a body.
You may like it or hate it, but it will be yours for as long
as you live. How you take care of it can make an enormous difference
in the quality of your life.
You will learn lessons.
You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called Life.
Each day, you will be presented with opportunities to learn
what you need to know. The lessons presented are often completely
different for those you think you need.
There are no mistakes, only lessons.
Growth is a process of trial, error and experimentation. You
can learn as much from failure as you can from success. Maybe
more.
A lesson is repeated until learned.
A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you
have learned it. When you have learned it (as evidenced by a
change in your attitude and ultimately your behavior), then
you can go on to the next lesson.
Learning lessons does not end
There is no stage of life that does not contain some lessons.
As long as you live there will be something more to learn.
"There" is no better than "here".
When your "there" becomes a "here" you will simply discover
another "there" that will again better than your "here." Don't
be fooled by believing that the unattainable is better than
what you have.
Others are only mirrors of you.
You cannot love or hate something about another person unless
it reflects something you love or hate about yourself.
What you make of your life is up to you.
You have all the tools and resources you need. What you create
with those tools and resources is up to you.
The answers lie inside you.
The solutions to all of life's problems lie within your grasp.
All you need to do is ask, look. listen and trust.
You will forget all this.
Unless you consistently stay focused on the goals you have
set for yourself, everything you've read won't mean a thing.
Original authorship of this essay is unclear. In the early
1990s, we found several photocopies in funky coffeehouses and
bookstores in the United States. There are also many versions
on the Web. Enjoy! |
