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(Please feel free to add any life lessons you can think of in the comments)

1. What goes around comes around
2. If you are greedy for happiness you will only find sadness (take too much in the material world, ignore the spiritual)
3. Balance.
4. We are all one and must help each other to survive.
5. Like attracts like.
6. To understand someone is to forgive.
7. Violence is a tool of the fearful.
8. Fear is the opposite of love.
9. There is nothing to fear but fear itself.
10. Crime doesn’t pay.
11. Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.
12. Lying ultimately creates more problems than it solves in the short term.
13. Sharing is its own reward.
14. Actions speak louder than words.
15. The pen is mightier than the sword.
16. Judge not lest ye be judged.
17. Happiness is a choice.
18. Life is what you make it.
19. You can bind my body but not my mind.
20. Even the smallest can make a difference.
21. With enough people helping you can move a mountain.
22. Perseverance can outmatch speed (Tortoise and Hare)
23. The larger you are the harder you fall.
24. The larger you are the slower you turn.
25. History repeats itself.
26. Everything is cyclical.
27. Arrogance blinds.
28. Hatred blinds.
29. Dogmatic belief is inflexible and destructive no matter what it is.
30. If you are inflexible you can more easily break.
31. Softer materials absorb hard blows and temper them.
32. Harder materials rebound hard blows or break under the strain.
33. Confidence manifests idea into reality.
34. Shallow thinking leads to shallow deeds and empty lives.
35. Intelligence is relative.
36. Knowledge isn’t necessarily intelligence.
37. Do not suppress your emotions or suffer in other ways.
38. Too much emotion in either direction (happy, sad) will eventually cause a spike in the other. (Pendulum)
39. The only time is now. Only now exists.
40. Seize the day.
41. Too detailed is inefficient, too little detail is sloppy.
42. No honor amongst thieves.
43. To try and fail is better than not to try at all.
44. Failure is a learning tool; one step closer to success.
45. Ignorance is bliss.
46. Serial Killers often start with animals. We must respect animals to respect our world and our place in it.
47. Don’t shit in your own nest. (Earth / Relationships)
48. Man is basically good, not evil. If this were not true society wouldn’t even function.
49. Neglecting something may ignore it now, but it can come back to haunt you.
50. Inaction is a choice.
51. The supernatural cannot be captured by science.
52. Without accepting first person accounts of the paranormal, you discount the human ability to process something beyond the material realm.
53. A.I. so far has been completely unsuccessful. Consciousness must have another source.
54. Memory is not located in a single place in the brain.
55. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
56. The nail that stands up gets whacked.
57. Dwelling on the past is unhealthy.
58. Too much of anything is bad for you.
59. A relationship is give and take; a balance.
60. Giving truth is giving respect.
61. Often, driving fast doesn’t get you there any faster. (stoplights)
62. Technology brings more of us together, but leaves us more alone.
63. Science doesn’t know everything.
64. History is written by the victors.
65. Loyalty cannot be forced.
66. Being overprotective can actually make someone more vulnerable and less protected. (Infants, children, wild animals.)
67. Instilling too much discipline causes rebellion.
68. Knowing everything is boring.
69. Meditation seeks a mind of nothing because something is already underlying.
70. Addiction is an inanimate object’s control over you. Your loss of will.
71. Nationalism is short-sighted and leads to preferential blindness.
72. Too much control in one place is bad.
73. Too little control is anarchy.
74. Investing in a baby (idea, plant) is not productive at first but later can yield fruit if well tended.
75. One man can make a difference.
76. Two is better than one.
77. Too many chefs spoil the stew.
78. Humility leads to clearer thinking and better decisions for all.
79. Self-hatred leads to self-destructive behavior.
80. If everyone worked together we could make a new world.
81. Terrorism is a weapon of last resort for the oppressed.
82. Terrorism is a cowardly act and punishes the innocent for the wicked’s behavior.
83. Terrorism is a selfish act.
84. Suicide is a selfish act.
85. Energy is neither created nor destroyed, only transformed.
86. The more destructive that our weapons get, the harder it is to take it back when we use them. (Fists to bombs.)
87. When backed into a corner, many will fight.
88. Too much luxury breeds arrogance and selfishness.
89. A hidden enemy is harder to fight.
90. Religion is a system of control and binds people by guilt.
91. Religion has uplifted many people and given them strength.
92. Seeing is believing.
93. Beautiful people often rely on that trait too heavily and then lament when it leaves them and they have nothing.
94. Brainy people often rely on that trait too heavily and then lament when they fail socially.
95. Socializing is a skill.
96. People desire to possess beauty in themselves or others.
97. Beauty can be physical or spiritual.
98. The external appearance of someone often represents their inward appearance.
99. The voice of someone often represents their inward appearance.
100. The name of someone often represents their inward appearance. (Wally)
101. People’s pets often look like them.
102. Your choice of fashion often represents your own view of your inward appearance and nakedness strips us of that illusion.
103. Fat is gluttony and sloth.
104. Word sounds often sound like their ideas (i.e. onomatopoeia)
105. The more we learn the less we know.
106. To let down your guard is to invite a stabbing.
107. To live defensively is to live in fear.
108. Water can fit any shape but cannot stand.
109. Camouflage is just as protective as talons.
110. There is an underlying structure of ideas that is simpler as you get closer to the center.
111. Standing in awe of the great question of the universe teaches us humility.
112. Salvation is in the seeking, not the answer.
113. You must sacrifice nature to make a footprint.
114. To give responsibility helps the receiver to learn to earn it.
115. We learn from our mistakes.
116. An irresponsible public will choose poorly for itself.
117. Free speech should not be squashed, but should be used responsibly.
118. Avoiding conflict takes more courage than engaging in it.
119. The male and female aspects are both necessary and it is to your detriment to ignore either.
120. Both hemispheres of the brain are necessary and it is to your detriment to ignore either.
121. Dreams are metaphor.
122. There is no such thing as coincidence.
123. To do the same thing without learning is akin to madness.
124. Travel expands the mind.
125. Women have deeper social connections than men, but are more prone to backstabbing.
126. Sports can be a distraction from the real world and simplifies moral conflict (Red vs Blue, Us vs Them), but can also be a representation of overcoming adversity through perseverance and training, banding together, teamwork, etc.
127. Video games are escapist and avoiding life, but can teach one to better approach life as a simulation rather than as a reactionary.
128. Television can rot the brain.
129. Television done right can uplift the soul.
130. Freezing is the absence of heat.
131. Cold people have the absence of warmth.
132. Love is warmth.
133. The stars teach us that we are insignificant.
134. The soul teaches us that we are universal and eternal.
135. Receive what you are given gracefully and thankfully.
136. Suppressing yourself builds resentment.
137. Compliment when warranted.
138. Doting too much is harmful.
139. Confidence can be shared or taken. If someone doubts your ability you can let their words sap your confidence or process that anger into strength.
140. Water turns to ice. Ice turns to steam.
141. The stomach takes food and processes it and other creatures take that waste as food and break that down and the earth takes that and processes it into food. (Cycle)
142. Love yourself otherwise no one can love you.
143. Seeking perfection everywhere leads to frustration.
144. Dogs that have to share a bowl will fight over food. Dogs raised to share a bowl will share.
145. You get what you pay for.
146. Do a half-assed job, get a half-assed result.
147. An ounce of prevention, a pound of cure.
148. Nothing is free.
149. The best things in life are free.
150. Freedom is an unalienable right endowed by our creator.
151. You have the right to remain silent. (Control or to Protect a Loved One)
152. Spam defeated itself.
153. Escapism can be running away or imagination let free, returning to earth as new ideas.
154. 1 and -1; giving and taking
155. Zero is the absence of anything.
156. Every cloud has a silver lining.
157. Happiness is contagious.
158. The echoes of kind words can be endless.

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well, here’s one of those (dick)chainey email type things that i hate, but it’s pretty good. -KG

Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio

“To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 41 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I’ve ever written.. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:”

1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don’t have to win every argument.. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone..
8. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
9. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
10. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.
11. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.
13. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
14. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
15. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.
16. It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
17. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.
18. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
19. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
20. Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.
21. The most important sex organ is the brain.
22. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
23. Frame every so-called disaster with these words ”In five years, will this matter?”.
24. Always choose life.
25. Forgive everyone everything.
26. What other people think of you is none of your business.
27. Time heals almost everything. Give time, time.
28. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
29. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
30. Believe in miracles.
31. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
32. Growing old beats the alternative — dying young.
33. Your children get only one childhood.
34. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
35. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
36. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.
37. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
38. The best is yet to come.
39. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
40. Yield.
41. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift..

Friends are the family that we choose for ourselves

Added 8/12/2010 – by James Allen

Quotes From As a Man Thinketh (x) – James Allen

• Men do not attract what they want, but what they are.
• A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.
• Cherish your visions. Cherish your ideals. Cherish the music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest thoughts, for out of them will grow all delightful conditions, all heavenly environment, of these, if you but remain true to them your world will at last be built.
• The soul attracts that which it secretly harbors, that which it loves, and also that which it fears. It reaches the height of its cherished aspirations. It falls to the level of its unchastened desires – and circumstances are the means by which the soul receives its own.
• Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves, they therefore remain bound.
• Every action and feeling is preceded by a thought.
• Right thinking begins with the words we say to ourselves.
• Circumstance does not make the man, it reveals him to himself.
• You cannot travel within and stand still without.
• As the physically weak man can make himself strong by careful and patient training, so the man of weak thoughts, can make them strong by exercising himself in right thinking.