Mantra for 2009

It's a great powerpoint slide that a friend had sent to me via the email. True, it's one of those "you-need-to-send-it-out-within-96-hours" thingy, but if you ignore that fact, and read the points, it helps open up some thoughts on how we would want to live 2009.

Here are a list for those who can't open the document:

1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
3. Follow the 3 Rs:
a. Respect for Self
b. Respect for Others
c. Responsibility for all your actions
* I so need to make this my own new year's resolution
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful thing.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great relationship.
7. When you realise you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don't give up on your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think it back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge, it is a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the Earth.
16. Once a year, go some place you've never been before.
17. Remember, the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.