Right about this simple 4-step plan to live a better life. If everybody practiced just these 4 steps, it would be a better world.

Here are some of my favorites (from a list I thought was written by the Dalai Lama but probably came from the book):

* Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

* When you realise you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

* In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.

* Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

I try to think about these every day to check how I am doing. If I have forgotten something, I correct it right away.

The Olympians are good examples of not accepting defeat. If they had, they would never have reached their level of skill at their sport.

Striving to be happy is good advise too. We shouldn't wait for other people to make us happy, we have to work at it ourselves. We are responsible for our own happiness and have inside us the power to choose to be happy or not to be. Happiness is a choice.

Not hurting others is a no brainer. We can't be happy if we hurt other people. Have fun, be happy.

I printed this and it is on my cubicle wall right in front of me. Thank you!!!

I think I hear Bobby McFerrin in the background singing "Don't worry, be happy".

Here are a couple more:

*Say you are sorry when you hurt somebody

*Wash your hands before you eat

*Flush

*Clean up your own mess

Actually Gina, those are from another great book -- All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten -- by Robert Fulghum. I read it years ago and loved it. In fact, my daughter gave me a large poster of the key things Fulghum says he learned "in the sandpile." It hangs by the door leading into our garage so I see it every day and encourages me to try to lead a balanced life and to "be aware of wonder." ~Doug

Having fun is a skill and takes some learning to do well. "Fun" doesn't come to you. You have to make a conscious effort to "have" it. With lots of practice, it starts to come naturally. Ever see someone who seems to have "fun" at even the most mundane things? It isn't that the "fun" just arrived at their doorstep because they are lucky, it is because they have learned through practice how to enjoy almost everything and everyone.

So "have fun" may sound like a no brainer but learning how to actually do it takes effort. But if you "get" it, it makes your life a thousand times more fulfilling.

How did you print this Karen? I don't know how to print it out.

I saw this I think on eatliver. Sound advise.

I like the one that says 'Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon'. We love to cook and it helps with the the one that says to 'Have fun'.

hey trisha, with the curser on the image, rt click, save the image, then you can open it where ever you saved it to, and print it.

Thanks!

Good rules to live by.