the rules to life? pretty funny..., page 1

Originally posted by bigsage
When you were born, you didn\'t come with an owner\'s manual; these guidelines make life work better.
1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it\'s the only thing you are sure to keep for the rest of your life.

you prechose your life here.

2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called \"Life on Planet Earth\". Every person or incident is the Universal Teacher.

Yes, the universe is intelligence and god is the sum of it all.

3. There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of experimentation. \"Failures\" are as much a part of the process as \"success.\"

True, but smart people make less errors.

4. A lesson is repeated until learned. It is presented to you in various forms until you learn it -- then you can go on to the next lesson.

True, and the best lesson is that one remembered.

5. If you don\'t learn easy lessons, they get harder. External problems are a precise reflection of your internal state. When you clear inner obstructions, your outside world changes. Pain is how the universe gets your attention.

True, the harder a road you take the sooner you can get out of here.

6. You will know you\'ve learned a lesson when your actions change. Wisdom is practice. A little of something is better than a lot of nothing.

Yes, the integration of the whole is wisdom.

7. \"There\" is no better than \"here\". When your \"there\" becomes a \"here\" you will simply obtain another \"there\" that again looks better than \"here.\"

Yes, but many lifetimes ensure many here's.

8. Others are only mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another unless it reflects something you love or hate in yourself.

Yes, but there is also darkness and negative intent.

9. Your life is up to you. Life provides the canvas; you do the painting. Take charge of your life -- or someone else will.

Yes, but if it is lessons to learn than a traditional life may not be applicable to your needs.

10. You always get what you want. Your subconscious rightfully determines what energies, experiences, and people you attract -- therefore, the only foolproof way to know what you want is to see what you have. There are no victims, only students.

You get what you need or what you agreed to have beforehand.

11. There is no right or wrong, but there are consequences. Moralizing doesn\'t help. Judgments only hold the patterns in place. Just do your best.

No, there is intent, service to self or service to others.

12. Your answers lie inside you. Children need guidance from others; as we mature, we trust our hearts, where the Laws of Spirit are written. You know more than you have heard or read or been told. All you need to do is to look, listen, and trust.

True, but it also lies outside you, the expression of oneness with everything else.

13. You will forget all this.

LOL! many times each day!

14. You can remember any time you wish.

Yes, depends on what we want to focus on.

(From the book \"If Life is a Game, These are the Rules\" by Cherie Carter-Scott)

hope you enjoyed...

yes and thanks bigsage!