Yes Indeed, There are Rules For Being Human

With 40+ years of working in the human services/health field, I have discovered “rules” for being human that do impact upon one’s health & well being. These “rules” are as follows:

1.You will receive a body. You may  like it or you may hate it, but it will be yours for the entire period this time around! (Acceptance is a key concept with #1.)

2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time, informal school called life. Each day in this school you will have the opportunity to learn lessons. You may like the lessons or think them irrelevant & stupid. (As it turns out, Acceptance is key here too.)

3. There are no mistakes, only lessons.  Growth is a process of trial & error; experimentation. The “failed” experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiment that ultimately “works.” (No comment.)

4. A lesson is repeated until it is learned.  A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. Then you can go on to the next lesson. (I think I hear the word “Acceptance”.)

5. Learning lessons does not end.  There is no part of life that does not contain its lessons!  If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.

6. “There” is not better than “here.”  When you are “there” it has become a “here,” and you will simply obtain another “there” that again looks better than “here.” (No, I did not say “Acceptance” is key, I just thought it.)

7. Others are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.

8.What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need; what you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours!

9. The answers lie inside you!  The answers to life’s questions lie inside you!!  All you need to do is look, listen & trust. (I accepted that I couldn’t think of a number ten!)

 Dr. Al