Life Little Instructions

Sing in the shower ● Treat everyone you meet the way you want to be treated ● Watch a sunrise at least once a year ● Leave the toilette seat in the down position ● Never refuse homemaid brownies ● Strive for excellence, not perfection ● Plant a tree on your birthday ● Learn 3 clean jokes ● Return borrowed vehicles with the tank gas full ● Compliment three people every day ● Never waste an opportunity to tell someone you love them ● Leave everything a little better than you found it ● Keep it simple ● Think big thoughts but relish some pleasures ● Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know ● Floss your teeth ● Ask for a rise when you feel you’ve earned it ● Be forgiving of yourself and others ● Overtip breakfast waitress ● Say “Thanks” a lot ● Say “Please” a lot ● Avoid negative people ● Buy whatever kids are selling on card tables in the front yard ● Wear polished shoes ● Remember other people birthdays ● Commit yourself to constant improvement ● Carry jumper cables in your trunk ● Have a firm handshake ● Send lots of Valentine’s cards sign them, “Some one you think you’re terrific!” ● Look people in the eye ● Be the first to say “Hello” ● Use the good silver ● Return all things you borrow ● Make new friends but cherish the old old ones ● Keep secrets ● Sing in a choir ● Plant flowers every spring ● Have a dog Always accept an outstreched hand ● Stop blaming others ● Take responsability for every area of your life ● Wave at kids on school bus ● Be there when people need you ● Feed a extranger’s expired parking meter ● Don’t expect life to be fair ● Never underestimated the power of love ● Drink champagne for no reason at all ● Live your life as an exclamation not as an explanation ● Don’t be afraid to say “I make a mistake” ● Don’t be afraid to say “I don’t know” ● Compliment every small improvements ● Keep your promises (no matter what) ● Marry only for love ● Rekindle old friendships ● Count your blessings ● Call your mother