My dad thought me these 15 lessons when I was younger. He says these lessons are very important, and we should follow them. (I don’t always. Shh.)
- Don’t complain, even when you’re right.
- Don’t fight your family. Always help them.
- Work before play. Procrastinators’ greatest challenge!
- Build, not destroy.
- Think what you can control, ignore what you cannot. By Marcus Aurelius!
- Leave a place better than when you found it. Like tidying up after yourself.
- If you have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything. Number 1 cause of every argument.
- Great minds talk about ideas. Average minds talk about happenings. Poor minds talk about people. By Eleanor Roosevelt I think.
- Who is in control? You, or the monkey? There’s you, and a monkey inside you. When people do stupid things, they’re letting the monkey control them. Don’t let it.
- Feed the good wolf, not the bad. What you do depends on which wolf you feed. Don’t feed the wrong one.
- Leave something alone if it doesn’t disturb you. Number 2 cause of every argument.
- Mind your own backyard. Goes hand in hand with rule 11.
- Show a good example. If you scream and curse and scold your kids in public, they’re gonna have a problem. And it’s all because of YOU!!!!!!!
- The good attracts the good. The bad attracts the bad. Good people will come to you naturally if you do good.
- Don’t put your face on someone’s butt. Or, don’t go putting yourself in danger.