Passing It On: Key To Staying ConnectTao

These are some of the lessons I wish someone had passed on to me not only by example but also with clear words:
1. Life is very short. Your hours on this Earth are limited. “Someday” or “one of these days” never come. So Live!!!
2. Love, as much as possible, unconditionally.
3. Forgive others their debts…if you want to receive forgiveness for yours. Some things that need to be forgiven: Offenses, Trespasses, intrusions, hurts. These are sides of the same geometric figure.
4. Forgiveness does not mean that you stop seeking for ways to bring about justice, and to right wrongs. Make amends whenever possible.
5. Meekness is not weakness. Meekness is power under restraint.
6. To be humble does not mean you have low self-esteem. It means that you have gotten to know yourself. You have accepted yourself. You are confident in who you are. You do not need the adulation of others. You know what your power is, where does it come from, when, why and how to use it. And do not have the need to be barking it to the four corners of the world.
7. Continuous Indebtedness will make you a slave to those who control the flow of money. Get off that road!
8. Be willing to “walk” in other people’s shoes: Seek first to understand , and only then, to be understood.
9. Fear is at the root of every destructive prejudice. So examine and challenge your fears, especially those that keep you from receiving and experiencing the goodness in others, especially, people who are eccentric, “weird”, who follow “the beat of a different drum”.
10. Force yourself to look for something good in every one. If you seek, you will find.
11. Some prejudice is constructive. Learn the difference and you’ll begin to see where healthy boundaries need to exist.
12. Keep your word. If you say you are going to do it, then do it, even if it becomes costly after the fact! Lack of trust is costlier than any price you may think you are paying. Keep your promises.
13. Speak clearly: Let your “Yes” be “Yes” and your “No” be “No”!
14. Say often: “Yes, I will and therefore, Yes, I can!” Every thought you put into action is first an act of your will!
15. Finish what you start. And if you can not finish early, finish on time.
16. Listen to older folks. They have walked the road ahead of you and if you ask them, they can give you a pointer or two on how to steer clear of trouble and what they would have done differently.
17. Pay attention to people that
18. Open your eyes to how others go about making life choices. Keep the good and discard [but learn from] everything else.
19. It’s really OK to say “No!”. Say “No” to drugs. Say “No” to “abuse”. Say “No!” to disrespect especially of people who are different and are struggling to stand up. Say “No!” to “lying”.
20. Say yes: To liberty and justice for all.
21. Stand up for the oppressed.
22. Give your voice in behalf of those who don’t have one. Maybe because they are young, or old, oppressed, hidden from public view, sick.
23. Protect the weak.
24. Let everyone have their say. You don’t have to agree. You just need to give them enough space to make their case.
25. This is a sure way to make money: exchange your time and your abilities to help others reach their goals and alleviate their burdens. In other words, Work!
26. This is a sure way to keep money: Save some !
27. This is a sure way to make money grow: Invest!
28. Time-span is only one way to define your life but an important one. It’s supposed to kick you into action because time wasted on this side of eternity never comes back.
29. Money earned represents a portion of your allotted time-span during which you made a choice to invest your life: 10% of your gross income goes to “God”; 10% of your gross income goes to ”You!”, 10% of your gross income goes to “Your Community!”. Learn to live on the rest. Yes, you can!
30. This is a sure way to make money stop coming to you: spend it!
31. Become a money magnet: provide a solution to someone else’s problem and get paid for it.
32. Negative peer pressure has the potential to put at risk my health, to de-rail my future.
33. It’s OK to ask for help. If you ask, someone will give. It may not be the 1rst, or the 2nd, or the 100th person you asked. But someone will help you. They are on this Earth for that purpose. Don’t stop until you find a willing one.
34. Persistent effort expended toward some worthwhile endeavor will give you the necessary space when make up for a lot of inability until you gain the necessary skills.
35. say “I need help…”
36. Eternity has two sides: The side I see while a citizen of the Earth. The side that God sees. You have a choice on whether or not your life can extend to both sides.
37. God is outside “time” boundaries. God sees Eternity past, Eternity Present and Eternity Future. At the same ”time”!
38. For God, Eternity is always an ever renewing “Now”. God is Eternal. Therefore, seek to connect with Him who is Eternal and you will connect with a realm where “all things are possible and possible Now!”
39. There are very few absolutes. If we must choose one to live by one let it be “I will Love”.