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Over the years as I've sought out ideas, principles and strategies tolife's challenges, I've come across four simple words that can make livingworthwhile. First, life is worthwhile if you Learn. What you don't know Will hurt you.You have to have learning to exist, let alone succeed. Life is worthwhile ifyou learn from your own experiences - negative or positive. We learn to doit right by first sometimes doing it wrong. We call that a positivenegative. We also learn from other people's experiences, both positive and negative. I've always said that it is too bad failures don't give seminars.Obviously, we don't want to pay them so they aren't usually touring aroundgiving seminars. But that information would be very valuable - we wouldlearn how someone who had it all then messed it up. Learning from otherpeople's experiences and mistakes is valuable information because we canlearn what not to do without the pain of having tried and failed ourselves. ...

"You Are" You are strong when you take your grief and teach it to smile. You are brave when you overcome your fear and help others to do the same. You are happy when you see a flower and give it your blessing. You are loving when your own pain does not blind you to the pain of others. You are wise when you know the limits of your wisdom. You are true when you admit there are times you fool yourself. You are alive when tomorrow's hope means more to you than yesterday's mistake. You are growing when you know what you are but not what you will become. You are free when you are in control of yourself and do not wish to control others. You are honorable when you find your honor is to honor others. You are generous when you can take as sweetly as you can give. You are humble when you do not know how humble you are. You are thoughtful when you see me just as I am and treat me just as you are. You are merciful when you forgive in others the faults you condemn in yourself. You...

Unpleasant things, .. happen in life. They happen to everyone. The only difference between a happy person and one who gets depressed is how they respond to disasters. Imagine you have just had a wonderful afternoon at the beach with a friend. When you return home, you find a huge truckload of dung has been dumped right in front of your door. There are three things to know about this truckload of dung: You did not order it. It's not your fault. You're stuck with it. No one saw who dumped it, so you cannot call anyone to take it away. It is filthy and offensive, and its stench fills your whole house. It is almost impossible to endure. In this metaphor, the truckload of dung in front of the house stands for the traumatic experiences that are dumped on us in life. As with the truckload of dung, there are three things to know about tragedy in our life: We did not order it. We say 'Why me?' We're stuck with it. No one, not even our best friends, can take it away (though ...

Don’t Compare Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special. Live in Present Don't let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live ALL the days of your life. Don’t Give up Don't give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. Admit your imperfectness Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together. Face the Risks Don't be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave. Ways to Love The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings. Make Direction Clear Don't run through life so fast that you forget, n...

"The Dash" I read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend. He referred to the dates on her tombstone from the beginning to the end. He noted that first came the date of her birth and spoke of the date with tears. But, he said, what mattered most of all was the dash between those years. For that dash represents all the time that she spent here alive on earth.... And now only those who loved her know what that little line was worth. For it matters not, how much we own; the cars...the house...the cash. What matters is how we live and love and how we spend our dash. So think about this, long and hard... are there things you'd like to change? For you never know how much time is left, you could be at "dash mid-range". If we could just slow down enough to consider what's true and real, and always try to understand the way other people feel. And be less quick to anger, and show appreciation more. Love the peopl...