Dalai Lama's Instructions for Life in 2006

1. Take into account that great love and great achievement involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three R's: Respect for self, Respect for other and Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remeber 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 relationship.
7. When you realize 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 let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think 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 someplace you've never been before.
17. Remember that 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.

Love to all!

Christie

Yes, Ben, we'll have Christmas here in Norfolk. I'm glad that it works for you. We miss seeing you more often.

Sat 12/16

Will it be at Margaret's on the 16th? That day works for me. I need to lock it in ASAP because of crazy Christmas Church schedules...

peace,

ben

I've just read something that I like and wanted to share with you.
Hope you all feel that way and hope that we can all help children feel that way.

"I am the only unique me that will ever be.
I have the power to make a difference in this world.
I look forward to taking on the grand adventure of life, living and always remembering to be myself......
I love being me!"

How's Saturday, December 16th for Byrum Christmas?