The Weekly List - Life Lessons (The Short Version)

Saturday, October 19, 2013
1. Never pass up an opportunity to admire a kid wearing his Ironman costume tucked into his cowboy boots.
2. If I take care of my body, it will (probably) take care of me.
3. Be kind to strangers, but more importantly, be kind to those I love and who love me.
4. I can spend my time however I see fit. And that rule applies to everyone else, too.
5. Some things are simply more important than others. Keeping those priorities straight in my mind will prevent my overdeveloped sense of responsibility from leading me into the weeds.
6. It's nice to be valued in my professional life, but it's wise to guard against the misconception that I'm irreplaceable.
7. Tip well, even if the service is bad.
8. Drama and crisis are not the same thing. Drama is what you get when you don't have a strategy to handle a crisis. 
9. Change is hard. It's harder when it's forced upon us, rather than a freely taken choice.
10. Suffering is not a contest.
Since I'm still struggling with grief, I'm finding myself trying to redefine who I am (and who I wish to be), and how my choices affect those around me. A work in progress, to be sure.

1 comments:

Anne C. said...

I love these. :)