Life In The New Millennium From The Dalai Lama

• Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
• When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
• Follow the three R’s: Respect for self, respect for others, responsibility for all your actions.
• Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
• Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
• Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
• When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
• Spend some time alone every day.
• Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
• Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
• Live a good and honourable life. Then, when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.
• A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
• In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.
• Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.
• Be gentle with the earth.
• Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.
• Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
• Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
• Approach love with reckless abandon.

We end these wonderful instructions from the Dalai Lama with other useful advice that we hope will light up your life in the new millennium:

• Don’t wait for a smile, to be nice…
• Don’t wait to be loved, to love.
• Don’t wait to be lonely, to recognize the value of a friend.
• Don’t wait for the best job, to begin to work.
• Don’t wait to have a lot, to share a bit.
• Don’t wait for the fall, to remember the advice.
• Don’t wait for pain, to believe in prayer.
• Don’t wait to have time, to be able to serve.

DON’T WAIT…
BECAUSE YOU DON’T KNOW HOW LONG IT WILL TAKE.