Got this from an e-mail.
More than 100 years ago, author Robert Louis Stevenson offered the following tips for maintaining a positive attitude. They still apply today.
1. Make up your mind to be happy. Learn to find pleasure in simple things.
2. Make the best of your circumstances. No one has everything, and everyone has something of sorrow intermingled with gladness of life. The trick is to make the laughter outweigh the tears.
3. Don’t take yourself too seriously. Don’t think that somehow you should be protected from misfortune that befalls other people.
4. You can’t please everybody. Don’t let criticism worry you.
5. Don’t let your neighbor set your standards. Be yourself.
6. Do the things you enjoy doing but stay out of debt.
7. Never borrow trouble. Imaginary things are harder to bear than real
ones.
8. Since hate poisons the soul, do not cherish jealousy, enmity,
grudges. Avoid people who make you unhappy.
9. Have many interests. If you can’t travel, read about new places.
10. Don’t hold postmortems. Don’t spend your time brooding over sorrows or mistakes. Don’t be one who never gets over things.
11. Do what you can for those less fortunate than yourself.
12. Keep busy at something. A busy person never has time to be unhappy.
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Feb 19, 2007 at 05:41:21
I have to remember this list from now on. The student elections has taken a toll on me, it has transformed me into a fun-loving biologist into Darth Vader. hehehe
Feb 22, 2007 at 06:24:07
This is a great list to live by… Someone once told me that attitude, not circumstances… is the best predictor for happiness. It’s so simple - this truth, but I’d forgotten it lately. I’ve been feeling sorry for myself… and reading this list… it’s good kick in the butt / reminder for me.