The Greatest Advice

I recently purchased the book The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren but I was not able to meet the 40-day covenant. It's a very good book though, and I hope to find time reading it again daily till the last page.

I remembered when I got the hard-bound copy of The Da Vinci Code in BigW at QV Melbourne. I really intended to purchase the hard-bound one because I wanna see the pictures Dan Brown is depicting in the story. My memory is not as good now after 3 CS delivery, unlike before in High School when World History is just a wizz. So after I purchased it, I started reading right away on the way home and finished it in 4 days! Well, that kept me busy during my last Lenten season in Melbourne in 2005. Good thing my husband is so kind enough he did all the chores. Miss you loves!

Anyways, since I can't finish the Rick Warren book, It's a summary of the Purpose Driven Life book, I guess. The list may be applicable to some points in our lives, but the best thing for me is the last part, which says our time is our life and it's the greatest gift we can give to someone, since we are giving them a portion of our lives.

So read on and I hope you like it too, God Bless!!!

THE GREATEST ADVICE

Don't date because you are desperate.
Don't marry because you are miserable.
Don't have kids because you think your genes are superior.
Don't philander because you think you are irresistible.

Don't associate with people you can't trust.
Don't cheat. Don't lie. Don't pretend.
Don't dictate because you are smarter.
Don't demand because you are stronger.

Don't sleep around because you think you are old enough & know better.
Don't hurt your kids because loving them is harder.
Don't sell yourself, your family, or your ideals.
Don't stagnate!

Don't regress.
Don't live in the past. Time can't bring anything or anyone back.
Don't put your life on hold for possibly Mr. Right.
Don't throw your life away on absolutely Mr. Wrong because your biological clock is ticking.

Learn a new skill.
Find a new friend.
Start a new career.
Sometimes, there is no race to be won, only a price to be paid for some of life's more hasty decisions.