SOME SIMPLE RULES
There is no shortage of rules to follow including the Ten Commandments, the Twelve Steps of Recovery, and many others - but the rules that I completely understand come from famed poet and author Dr. Maya Angelou, and they are:
1. Just do Right;
2. The most essential of these ‘right’ things is to find Courage;
3. Use the Courage to find and have self-love;
4. Self-love makes laughing nearly unavoidable – laugh often;
5. Become a blessing to others;
6. Being a Blessing to others helps turn struggles into triumphs;
7. Some struggles of triumph include the desire to learn, know, and practice many forms of Courage;
8. Discern what to just ‘learn’ from what to ‘learn and practice’ wisely – life has a bundle of limited resources surrounded by unlimited needs and requires learning to say No;
9. Do your best in those things you say Yes-to, which doesn’t include everything that you don’t explicitly say No-to;
10. Keep Rising.