Life isn't just about keeping score.
It's not about how many people call you
What sport you play,
Or which guy or girl likes you.
It's not about your shoes or your hair
Or the color of your skin,
Or where you live or go to school.
In fact it's not about grades, money,
Clothes, or colleges that accept you or not.
Life isn't about if you have lots of friends or if you are alone,
And it's not about how accepted or unaccepted you are.
Life isn't about that.
But life is about who you love and who you hurt.
It's about how you feel about yourself.
It's about trust, happiness, and compassion.
It's about avoiding jealousy, overcoming ignorance
And building confidence.
It's about what you say and what you mean.
It's about seeing people for who they are and not for what they have.
Most of all it is choosing to use your life.
In a way that could have neverbeen achieved otherwise.
These choices are what life's about.

1. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
2. Marry a woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.
3. Don't believe all what you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.
4. When you say, "I love you," mean it.
5. When you say, "I'm sorry," look the person in the eye.
6. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.
7. Believe in love at first sight.
8. Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People who don't have dreams don't have much.
9. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.
10. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.
11. Don't judge people by their relatives.
12. Talk slowly but think quickly.
13. When someone asks you a question you don't want to answer, smile and ask, "Why do you want to know?"
14. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk...
15. When you lose, don't lose the lesson
16. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; and Responsibility for all your actions.
17. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
18. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
19. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.
20. Spend some time alone.

Life is full of challenges, its how you respond to them that makes a difference to your life.

Take a risk - if you hide away, nothing will ever happen.

When pain comes, avoid locking yourself away -but for a while, give yourself permission to sink into it, feel it, deal with it, learn what you need to learn and when you're ready move on - it will be ok.

Living is for today - why postpone until tomorrow?

Make lists! It keeps you on track.

Hug a lot - friends, family, everyone - its the best feeling!

Find joy in your work - you are where you are supposed to be at this moment in time.

Align yourself with positive, motivated, happy people - its infectious!

When you are wrong - apologise.

In times of conflict, remember - everyone is doing the best they can with the resources they have.

Be kind to yourself - think of all you have accomplished and who you have become

Leave the past in the past - your future is a clean slate.

Before you make a decision, ask yourself - 'Is my intention honourable?'

Fear is such a little word - should it really rule your life?

Laugh often.

Set goals you believe in.

Cherish your friends - they are the people who unselfishly share both your sorrows and your joys.

Loving is never a mistake - it keeps your heart open