Instructions for Life
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 R's: Respect for Self, Respect for Others, and Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
7. When you realize you've made a mistake- take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone everyday.
9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Share your knowledge, it's a way to achieve mortality.
12. Be gentle with the Earth.
13. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
14. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
15. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
- Dalai Lama
