Twenty Keys to a Happy Life

Anonymous | September 25, 2005 | Hildy

[Hildy]

1. Compliment three people everyday.
2. Watch a sunrise
3. Be the first to say "hello."
4. Live beneath your means.
5. Treat everyone as you want to be treated.
6. Never give up on anybody - miracles happen.
7. Forget the Jones's.
8. Remember someone's name.
9. Pray not for things, but for wisdom and courage.
10. Be tough minded, but tender hearted.
11. Be kinder than you have to be.
12. Don't forget a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.
13. Keep your promises.
14. Learn to show cheerfulness even when you don't feel like it.
15. Remember that overnight success usually takes 15 years.
16. Leave everything better than you found it.
17. Always tell someone how you feel about them, you will feel much better when they know.
18. When you arrive at your job in the morning, let the first thing you say brighten everyone's day.
19. Don't rain on other people's parades.
20. Don't waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them.

[Hildy]

Happy Sunday!

[alisasny]

Send this to Bette Midler LOL

Seriously HELLO HILDY : )

You ruffle my feathers every now and then but your a gem.

Glad your a part of our little place on the vast WWW : ))

[Fintan]

Thanks! I needed that. And I'm passing it on...;-)

[Born in a Rage]

21. Do all of the above without letting yourself get used and taken advantage of by your average person.

[Hildy]

:)

[djf]

Make sure you hug the dog and walk the wife!

[alisasny]

Hello to you too FINTAN : )

Long time no see.
Hope you an yours are well as the warm weather winds down.

One of the brightest minds on FR you indeed are.

Have a great day : )

[Prime Choice]

And the unwritten rule in all this:

There is no better psychologist in the world than a puppy licking your face.

[Hildy]

Daisy and Lilly agree!

[spokeshave]

22)...Buy diesel truck and car ...make your own biodiesel fuel so never to have to by at the pump again.

[lonestar]

8. Remember someone's name.

Getting harder everyday!

[Eurotwit]

bump

[Fintan]

You're much too kind! I miss you too!!!!!!!!

[Dark Skies]

Forgive someone.

[Welsh Rabbit]

8. Remember someone's name.

I am so bad about this. I try things, like making a rhyme about the person and their name in my head, right after meeting them. But most times, there's too much talking going on for me to do this right away, so I forget. It's not that I'm snobby and forgot their name because I didn't think they were worth remembering; when meeting someone again, even after a very long time, I can always remember exactly where we met, what we talked about, and what they were wearing. I just can't remember their name.

[Hildy]

I know what you mean! My husband is the worst. We just moved into a new condo complex and we've been meeting alot of new people. Everytime we meet someone, he tries to connect the name to a celebrity. For example, our neighbors are Jeff and Karen...so immediately after leaving he says, "JEFF BRIDGES - KAREN BLACK."

IT NEVER WORKS!!!! He immediately forgets until next time when I remind him "Jeff Bridges??" It's really funny!

[Welsh Rabbit]

There are so many people I know I have to address as "Hey, how's it going?" or "What's up?" even though I know where they work, where they grew up, where they went to school, what their folks did for a living, what kind of car they drive, their hobbies, ect, ect. You can't ask someone to remind you of their name after you know that much about them... I feel bad because everyone always remembers my first name (Houston), although sometimes people who don't know me well and haven't seen me in a while will call me Austin or Dallas. I don't mind though.

[LongElegantLegs]

23. Bake your own bread

[Hildy]

That's wonderful advice!!!!

[Hildy]

PM bump!