15 Rules for a Fulfilling Life

BE HAPPY!: 

BE HAPPY! Happiness comes from within not without. “Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.” ~ William E. Gladstone

BE COURAGEOUS!: 

BE COURAGEOUS! Courage and fear go hand in hand – one doesn’t come without the other. “Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear – not absence of fear.” ~ Mark Twain

BE TRUTHFUL!: 

BE TRUTHFUL! Stick with the truth even if it makes you look and feel badly. Falsehoods are like wandering ghosts. “We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.” ~ Tad Williams

SHARE!: 

SHARE! Share your troubles, mistakes, dreams and successes with someone you love and trust. “Shared joy is double joy and shared sorrow is half-sorrow.” ~ Swedish Proverb

KNOW YOUR TRUE NEEDS!: 

KNOW YOUR TRUE NEEDS! Understand what it is you really need. “When you cannot distinguish between wants versus needs, or if you can't identify a want as a want, you set yourself up to live in a constant state of craving and disappointment.” ~ Anonymous

TAKE TIME OUT!: 

TAKE TIME OUT! Take time for yourself to do the things that give you pleasure and fulfilment. “The value of life lies not in the length of days but in the use we make of them; many may live long yet live very little.” ~ Michel de Montaigne

MOVE FORWARD!: 

MOVE FORWARD! Let go of the past, enjoy the present and look forward to the future. “When one door of happiness closes another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” ~ Helen Keller

BE RESPONSIBLE!: 

BE RESPONSIBLE! Be accountable for your behaviour to yourself – you and only you are the architect of your life. It is not for you to bear the responsibility of someone else’s life. “We are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word and thought throughout our lifetime.” ~ Elizabeth Kubler Ross

LISTEN TO YOUR INNER VOICE!: 

LISTEN TO YOUR INNER VOICE! Don’t be distracted by your ego or emotions. “Your mind knows only some things. Your inner voice, your instinct, knows everything. If you listen to what you know instinctively, it will always lead you down the right path.” ~ Henry Winkler

LOVE YOURSELF!: 

LOVE YOURSELF! In order to have a healthy, loving relationship with anyone you need to love yourself first otherwise how can anyone else love you and how can you love them. “Self-love is the foundation of our loving practice. Without it our other efforts to love fail. Giving ourselves love we provide our inner being with the opportunity to have the unconditional love we may have always longed to receive from someone else.” ~ Gloria Jean Watkins

APPRECIATE YOUR LIFE!: 

APPRECIATE YOUR LIFE! Look around with curious eyes that see and take notice of all that is around us. “Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” ~ Hans Christian Anderson

NEVER GIVE UP!: 

NEVER GIVE UP! Be determined and you will achieve the goals you have set for yourself. “Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow” ~ Helen Keller

THIS TOO SHALL PASS!: 

THIS TOO SHALL PASS! What we experience now will become the past with the passage of time. “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow you have to put up with the rain.” ~ Dolly Parton

BE OPTIMISTIC!: 

BE OPTIMISTIC! Go confidently in the direction of your dreams and live the life you have imagined and believe that anything is possible. “Optimist: A person who is chased up a tree by a lion but enjoys the scenery anyway.” ~ Walter Winchell

CELEBRATE LIFE!: 

CELEBRATE LIFE! Every moment of life is worth a celebration. If you have not valued life and its precious moments, now is the time to do so. “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” ~ Oprah Winfrey