Ten Rules For Living
"If you could fit your moral code into ten rules of conduct, what would
they be? What are your ten rules for living?"
- Be honest, wherever possible. Falsehood will always come back on you and
cause you problems.
- Work out what's important to you, and how important it is. Try to minimise
the number and severity of important things - this will make you more flexible
and able to compromise.
- Try everything you can, at least once. This is the best way to gain
experience, which leads to wisdom.
- If you want something, impose a delay between feeling the desire and
achieving it. This teaches you not to expect immediate returns on things.
- Always feel secure. Have a close network of friends, and always have
enough money in your pocket or bank to go somewhere safe.
- Walk with your head held high, your teeth gritted, and your fists curled.
Don't let anyone you don't trust see your weaknesses, because they can use
them against you.
- Be careful who you trust. Be careful who you fall in love with. It's
better to wait and be more sure than to rush in.
- Whenever you're doing something, ask yourself why you're doing it. Be as
introspective as you can. Don't do things without a reason, even if that
reason is "Because it looks fun". And if you're doing something purely because
someone else expects or wants you to (take note, fans of religion), don't do
it.
- Be spontaneous. Make trivial decisions on the spur of the moment. Take
time to go somewhere new, walk home a different way, stop and look at
someone's front garden for a while.
- Take time off to be yourself. Relax a little. Work hard and play hard,
but take breaks too. Sometimes, an afternoon reading in the woods is worth a
dozen frantic parties in terms of self development.
This was a topic from Torn Curtains.
