44 Things Ive learned in my 44 Years or The essential keys to Happiness by W. Steven Saunders These are things Ive been compiling from various sources over the past year. Some are things I remember my parents or grandparents saying to me. Others are things Ive read or were told to me by great mentors. Some are phrases I coined myself or came to me in a dream. Others the Lord told me. Enjoy! 1. Friends are more important than money.--Grandfather Bartow Saunders, Sr., Family is more important than money, too. Therefore, look at the wealth you have in your friends and family. Then, stop worrying about money. 2. Forgive your ex 3. Stop trying to control your outcome. 4. Look in the mirror and love yourself unconditionally. 5. Leave the job you hate. 6. Find your purpose and live it full heartedly. 7. Dogs are the greatest single entities ever to walk on the planet, get one. 8. Dont feel guilty for weight gain. 9. 90% of all Suffering is unnecessary. We suffer the 90% because we refuse to confront and experience the 10% of necessary suffering. -C.S. Lewis 10. Travel to the place you keep thinking about. 11. Words are the most powerful things in the world, written or spoken. Learn how to use them. -High School teacher, Dale Morrison 12. Be open to change but know that change isnt always for the best either. 13. Let go of your past. Stop thinking you did something wrong. 14. Stop trying to change people. 15. Stop looking for answers from people who are cynical failures. 16. Find a mentor in a person who is successful doing what you want to do. 17. Be your weird, crazy, beautiful self. 18. Follow your heart, most of the time. 19. Risk everything for love. 20. Prayer, Meditation, Mindfulness are ways of communicating with that which is beyond your personal self. It keeps things in perspective. Do it daily. 21. See the world as a beautiful, safe, and loving place. 22. See every person you meet as a possible teacher put there at that moment just for you. 23. Give up all attachments to stuff. 24. Develop a healthy level of paranoia/prudence/caution toward the intentions of overly charming individuals with offers too good to be true. They just might be a sociopath. 25. Stay hopeful and optimistic in difficult situations. 26. No matter how healthy you eat, how much you exercise, how many nutritional supplements you take, how good your healthcare, how rich you are, youre still going to die. Cant do nothing about it. Better enjoy Life now. 27. See the opportunities in every challenge rather than give up. 28. There are two kinds of people you can never trust: 1) TV Preachers, 2) Politicians. - Great Grandfather Walter Andrews 29. Inspire others by your own bigness (thats what she said!). 30. Play with your kids every single time they ask. 31. Embrace Love and Abandon Fear. 32. Let go of grudges. 33. Good intentions do not equal good outcomes. 34. Do at least one thing in life you thought impossible with the thought that you will not fail. 35. Work diligently to never hurt anyone. 36. Working smart is better than working hard. 37. Dont ever let anyone take credit for your work or ideas. 38. Give credit to those under your care or employ and dont take their credit away. 39. Hug and Kiss your spouse with your whole heart every day. 40. Sit down and write a heart felt, hand written letter to the top 10 people in your life that made you who you are today. Hand deliver them. 41. Dont be afraid of failure. 42. Dont be afraid of looking dumb or old-fashioned because you pray or believe. 43. Give away your knowledge freely to others. Help those that are struggling to get where you are. Every chance you get, when asked, help other people on every level. A rising tide lifts all boats. 44. Learn something new everyday of your life. -Grandmother Syble Saunders
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