1. Be honest with others.
2. Be honest with yourself.
3. Do not think more highly of yourself than you do of
another.
4. Do not think less of yourself than you do of someone
else.
5. Learn to compromise with others.
6. Do not compromise yourself in order to fit in, otherwise
you’ll find yourself fitting in with people you have no respect for.
7. Treat others with respect whether you have respect for them or not.
8. Do not demand respect from others, but require it. Have self-respect, otherwise that
respect will be elusive.
9. Memorize, and learn to say and mean these five simple
words. ”Y’know, you may be right.”
10. Do not
expect others to live up to your standards, but require it of yourself.
11. Do not lower
your standards in order to live up to them.
12. Do something
with your life that you love.
13. Give of your time, your talent, and your resources when
and where you can.
14. Embrace faith in God, but do not suffocate yourself in
its company.
This is not a difficult list to
embrace. The honesty part is the
hardest if you are not used to being honest. It took a lifetime for deceit and disingenuousness to become
so thoroughly rooted in your life, but once you decide to actually be honest it
becomes second nature. Like
breathing, you won’t need to even think about it.
