1. TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS.
If it doesn't feel right, it probably isn't..fun, tempting....maybe, but not right.
2. REMEMBER YOUR MANNERS.
It doesn't cost you anything, but it speaks volumes about who you are.
Having class starts with this.
3. NEVER LET POSSESSIONS "OWN" YOU.
It's just STUFF!
The most valuable things in life----friends, respect, love, knowledge---don't cost money....
Hokey, but true.
4. NURTURE YOUR FRIENDSHIPS.
The investment you make in true friends will pay huge dividends all your life---remember
you can't make an old friend.
5. KEEP YOUR HANDS CLEAN.
This is meant both literally and figuratively....it will save you a lot of regrets later....
6. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF.
Yeah this is another hokey one, but you do happen to be the only you in existence and
you're also the only person in the world who can truly hold you back in life....
Think about it.
7. BE GRATEFUL.
Don't waste all your todays in anticipation of some grand tomorrow. Now is all we've got.
Live in it!!
8. TREAT OTHERS THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED.
(okay, so I didn't make this one up.)
The point is, just because your're smarter or richer or prettier than someone else doesn't
mean you're better. It just means you've been more blessed.
9. ALWAYS KEEP PLAYING.
Who says adults have to give up toys? Keep the little kid inside you alive....it keeps your
imagination primed.
Silly is good.
10. NO MATTER WHAT, YOU WILL ALWAYS BE LOVED.
You don't have to test this one.....Just carry it around in your back pocket, and know that, no
matter what, you can always come home.
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This list was on the birthday card that my parents gave me this year. I thought it was so special and wanted to always remember these 10 items, and be able to share them with my kids when they left home...I know this is probably silly, but #10 was very important to me because my feelings were hurt on my wedding day, because my mother didn't tell me that, but had told every one of my siblings, when they married, that if it didn't work out, they could always come back home. She said it was because she KNEW that I had married the right man, but had reservations about the others. And she was right~~ of the 5 of us, only 2 are on our original marriages. Now, 15 yrs later, and after I've been on my own for 20+ years, she tells me I can come home! LOL
