Rules For Being Human Handed Down From Ancient Sanskrit

There's been a lot of discussion regarding trucking and attitude and what we put into a job and what we get out of it. I don't remember where I got this list and as far as being Ancient Sanskrit, well, your guess is as good as mine. It's on my fridge and I read it everyday. I don't disagree with the rules and I admit there are a couple I really don't like but there are some I love and try to incorporate into my life everyday.

#8 is especially appropriate to the discussion.

1. YOU WILL RECEIVE A BODY You may like it or not, but it will be yours for the entire period round.

2. YOU WILL LEARN LESSONS You are enrolled in a full-time, informal school called life. Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or think them irrelevant and stupid.

3. THERE ARE NO MISTAKES, ONLY LESSONS Growth is a process of trial and error, experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiment that ultimately works.

4. A LESSON IS REPEATED UNTIL IT IS LEARNED (I hate this one) A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it, then you can go on to the next lesson.

5. LEARNING LESSONS DOES NOT END There is no part of life that does not contain lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.

6. THERE IS NO BETTER THAN "HERE" When your "there" has become "here", you will simply obtain another "there" that will again look better than "here".

7. OTHERS ARE SIMPLY MIRRORS OF YOU You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.

8. WHAT YOU MAKE OF LIFE IS UP TO YOU You have all the tools and resources you need, what you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.

9. THE ANSWERS LIE INSIDE YOU The answers to life's questions lie inside you. All you need to do is look, listen, and trust.

Enjoy!

Seven is kind of a bummer.