Okay guys, this is the Big Post you've all been waiting for.
Only you didn't know you were waiting for it! That's the best part!
Surprise! Happy Big Post Day!
And these days it's difficult to distinguish from a big post and a Big Post. If you don't know the difference, I will tell you:
big post is all lower case letters. Big Post is in title case.
And that is your lesson for today.
Only that's not all! I have more lessons for you!
Except they are not really lessons. But do not cry about that minor detail, because they are actually something better than lessons. They are....
(drum roll)
...Life Rules! (notice title case)
This is the reason I've made everyone wait for a Big Post.
I gathered life lessons various people live by for everyone to prosper from. So here you go, and feel free to comment on them (I like them a lot):
Tara Thomas:Own up to your actions or you'll always blame other for your mistakes and keep making them.
Acknowledge when people have changed.
Always reserve the right to change your mind.
Don't apologize if you don't mean it.
Don’t screw over LaDawn.
David Hart:
Rule #1: That little voice in the back of your mind that seems to know everything...that's God...people aren't that smart.
Rule #2: Be true to yourself and others. If you say you are going to do something, DO IT. If you let yourself down or let others down you destroy trust. You have to be able to trust yourself and others need to know that they can trust you.
Rule # 3: Always be on time, because if you’re late it shows you have no control over your life.
Kelly Juhasz:
Work hard to play hard. You have to work to get money to support yourself (and your play). Life is about having fun, but you’ve gotta equal out the work somehow.
Susan Kinzer:
Life isn't fair, and sometimes it gets worse, so get over it.
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy path.” People can let you down a lot, but God never will and He's always there for us.
Tamra Law:1. If in doubt, don't. Ask yourself, “How will you feel about it later?” If I have to talk myself into doing something or wonder about it too long, then it probably isn't a good idea. It has kept me out of a lot of trouble and forced me to do stuff I've always been glad afterwards that I did.
2. If it's to be, it's up to me. I've always believed this because it sucks relying on others and then getting let down. This can be taken too far though, and I did this in my life. I didn't trust what I knew Heavenly Father was telling me and figured I could make things work.
Connie Ward:1 - Never, ever, ever go against my gut. Because every time I go against my gut, even for something simple and supposedly stupid, I have regretted it. It's where the Holy Ghost can speak to me...my job is to pay attention. It gets easier, the older I get...probably because I've had the opportunity to regret things, even if it was as simple as asking a friend, "Isn't that your purse?"...when I was pretty sure it wasn't. So I didn't ask her. Turns out, it was. She had to drive an extra 2 hours to get it back. And all I'd have to have done was open my mouth when my gut told me to. Things like that.
2 - Family first. My family is who I am, and my family is what matters...they are what I'll have in the life to come...and they are who I have to be able to look in the eye. I want them to never doubt my love or my loyalty to them.
Cecily Hart:I would like the lives of those I come in contact with to be easier because I was there. Just even a little teensy bit easier. Like giving directions kindly, or even thanking people who wait for me to get past them at a crosswalk on my bike. Like smiling at everyone who gets on the bus I am riding on. Like saying "that must have been disappointing" instead of saying "why are you upset over a silly thing like that?" There are lots of people I see whom I will never see again. I like to make their day that little bit easier instead of making it a little bit harder.
Appreciating might be a second thing. I appreciate that sometimes the creator of the universe turns to me. It is an amazing thought. I appreciate that for all the times I do see the hand of the Lord in my life, there are many times I have not. I appreciate that sometimes he gives me gifts in wrapping paper that I hate, and I appreciate that he is willing to show me the gift even after I have had fits about the wrapping paper. (This is entirely figurative, of course. I hope my meaning is clear...that sometimes I hate the circumstances but love the spiritual education that comes from them. )
My overall plan for my life is that I will grow up to be like Yosemite Valley....Yosemite valley is beautiful. Spectacular. And it is what is left after a glacier gouged the heck out of it. I suppose that when that glacier was grinding down those mountains, those mountains were not thrilled. What is beautiful is what resulted. I try to take that approach to the circumstances of my life. When we see what is left, after my circumstances have changed me throughout my life, we will all rejoice in who I have become.
