FIFTY RULES FOR A HAPPIER LIFE



Life isn't fair and it won't be easy, but it will be worth it.
If a relationship has to be kept secret, that's the first clue you are living a lie.
Friends are great, but family will always show up in your life when you need them.
Its nice to be important, but its more important to be nice.
Be a leader not a follower and lead with integrity. 
Have a deep abiding love for your country and be humbled by your freedom.
When in doubt, take smaller steps.
Life is too precious to waste.
Money isn't everything, but it's the only thing you think about when you don't have it!
An argument is the lowest form of communication.
Don't buy what you can't afford, pay cash and remember that interest never sleeps!
No sense in getting angry at God, he didn't make your mistakes, you did.
Make peace with the past, so it doesn't screw up the future.
Its important to let your children see you cry.
Don't compare yourself to others, create your own brilliant light and energy.
Never give up, life can change like the stroke of a brush.
I hope if you ever get a black eye, its from fighting for something you truly believe in.
Take a deep breath and be glad you still have one.
Live in the present and seize each moment.
What doesn't kill you will indeed make you stronger.
Stay away from stinking thinking, negative thoughts destroy lives.
It's never too late to be happy.
Go after what you truly love in life and don't take no for an answer.
Burn the candles, use the good towels and use your fancy china. 
No one is responsible for your happiness, but you.
How to identify a disaster.  Ask yourself, "In five years, will this really matter?"
Always choose life.
To error is human, but to forgive is divine.
What others think of you is none of your business.
How ever good or bad the situation, things will eventually change.
Time has a way of softening the pain; learn to let go.
Believe in miracles for believing is seeing.
God loves you because of who He is and not because of what you have done.
Growing old beats dying young!
Your children only get one childhood, live it together.
Make memories count more than money.
Embrace your trials, they build a better you.
All that will matter in the end is that you endured well and did your best.
You should only have to make a commitment once.
If we threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd want ours back.
Spend time not money on your children.
Secure your friends by being a good one.
Work hard on the job, there are a hundred people standing in line to take your place.
Tough times and disappointment will help develop appreciation for the good times.
Own up to your mistakes; honesty is a highly respected and sought after virtue. 
Magnify your potential and create great and marvelous experiences in this life.
If not you, than who will make a difference in the world?
You can achieve anything if you put your mind to it.
Be careful of your thoughts because they will become your actions.
And the best is yet to come.

Author unknown:
When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation.  When I found I couldn't change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn't change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family. Now, as an old man, I understand the only thing I can change is myself and suddenly I realized that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family. My family and I could have made an impact on our town.  Their impact could have changed the nation and I could have indeed changed the world. 
Linda Sumner Urza, One fine day.