1. Forgive everyone for
everything. 
2. Time heals almost everything. Give time, time. 
3. Don’t compare your life with others’, you have no idea what their journey is all about. 
4. Live with the 3 E’s:
Energy Enthusiasm &
Empathy,
And 3 F’s: Faith Family &
Friends .

5. Try to make at least 3
people smile every day.
6. Each night before you go to bed, complete the following sentences:
“I am thankful for…” “Today I accomplished…”
7. Call your family often.
8. Dream more while you are awake.

9. What other people think of you is none of your business.
10. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
11. Enjoy the ride. Remember that this is not an amusement park and you certainly don’t want a fast pass. Make the most of it and enjoy the ride.
12. Don’t take yourself so
seriously. No one else does.

13. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
14. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
15. Life is too short to waste time hating any one.
16. Spend more time with
people over age 70 and under the age of 6.

17. No matter how you feel get up, get dressed, and show up.
18. Believe
19. Make peace with your past so it won’t mess up the present.
20. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to retire and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family.

He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to call it a day. The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favour. The carpenter said yes, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end his career.

When the carpenter finished his work and the builder came to inspect the house, the contractor handed the front-door key to the carpenter. “This is your house,” he said, “my gift to you.” What a shock! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently. Now he had to live in the home he had built none too well.

So it is with us. We build our lives in a distracted way, reacting rather than acting, willing to put up less than the best. At important points we do not give the job our BEST effort. Then with a shock we look at the situation we have created and find that we are now living in the house we have built. If we had realized that we would have done it differently.

Think of yourself as the carpenter. Think about your life as your house. Each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. Build wisely. It is the only life you will ever build. Even if you live it for only one day more, that day deserves to be lived graciously and with dignity. The plaque on the wall says, “Life is a do-it-yourself project.” Your LIFE tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and the choices you make today.

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