Monday, August 11, 2014

Life Lessons

Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!
Rule 2: The world doesn't care about your self-esteem.
The world will expect you to accomplish something
BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school.
You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity.
Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping:
They called it opportunity.
Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault,
so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring
as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills,
cleaning your clothes and listening to you
talk about how cool you thought you were:
So before you save the rain forest
from the parasites of your parent's generation,
try delousing the closet in your own room.
Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers,but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer.
*This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters.
You don't get summers off and very few employers
are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF.
(Do that on your own time.)
Rule 10: Television is NOT real life.
In real life, people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11: Be nice to nerds.
Chances are you'll end up working for one.

If you can read this...thank a Teacher.
If you can read this in English...thank a Soldier!
And for life and everything else you have...thank God!

Don’t remember where I got this.. maybe an email.

1 comment:

Bob G. said...

Msn:
Now THOSE are rules to live by...
1- correct!
2- but it DOES want you to "feel good"
3- Ain't THAT the truth...lol.
4- A-men!
5- Nah...I do it one every two weeks for dinner (and do it well).
6- Hope, it's always your OWN...get used to THAT, too
7- My parents would say "I'd rather pay your board than feed you".
8- Yeah, this "idea" forces kids to FAIL when they get to the REAL WORLD.
9- I wish it was...and I could take some OVER...lol
10- No, but it likes to THINK it is.
11- I've always been nice to myself...
--I thank my wife every day for something...even if I can't recall what it was.
--And, even though they're both gone, I still thank my parents and try to live as they brought me up.

Excellent post.

Stay safe (and dry) down there.