Top 5 tips you'd give people for a happy life

Iamfit4life

1. Don't lie, and be as honest with yourself as others.
2. No shame in getting what you want.
3. Be wary of things that come too easy.
4. Nobody likes a whiner, try not to whine.
5. Dance often, even if people are looking.


And yours?

xAdrianax

1. Dont try to be a people pleaser
2. Do what makes you happy
3. You are allowed to feel the way you do so dont be put down by others for doing just that
4. Dont assume
5. Take each day as it comes as you are not a fortune teller

sosayscyndi

Presssed for time, so can I only post 1?

Be as forgiving of yourself as you are of your best friend.

JulieBoBoo

1. Forget everything you've read in romance novels and seen in Hollywood Movies. Real relationships aren't like that. They're awesome, but in a totally different way and it takes years to realize how truly awesome they really are.
2. Tuck your head down and push on through the first 5 years of your child's life. It'll be hard. Some days it'll seem impossible. And then you wake up one day and they're going to Kindergarden and you look at your spouse and you'll be thankful you didn't give up.
3. Put your marriage first.
4. Don't stop doing little things for each other. Those little things are the glue that hold your relationship together.
5. Cuddle naked. Physical connection to another person is essential and tactile bonding to your spouse in a non-sexual way will lead to greater intimacy when you do have sex.

cobracars

1. view anything you read on the Internets with skepticism
2. Time sitting on the porch watching the world go by is just as important as spending that extra hour at work.
3. Live your life with Honor. That means respect yourself and others and stand by your words and deeds.
4. Its better to give No Gift than to give a gift that has no thought behind it. Make your gifts memorable and they won't remember the times you brought nothing.
5. Let the people who are important in your life know that they are important in your life.

Football_N_Guns

I have only one tip for life.........

DRINK ALCOHOL AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE

MikeM53082

Tall people only date other tall people. If you are short, don't bother looking up.
There is a huge difference between thinking of doing something and actually doing it. Choose appropriately.
The only thing worse than tooth decay, emphysema, and liver disease is old age. So go nuts!
Car size is inversely proportional to the intellect of the driver. Get a bike.
As a person, it's whats on the inside that counts. It's whats on the outside that *matters*. (really think about this one)

wendyannie1976

1) be true to yourself and not be what others want you to be
2) live life don't sit on the sidelines waiting to be tagged in
3) if you want something or to do something and can then go do it - a life of regret is no life at all
4) love deeply and honestly - starting with yourself
5) one kindness deserves another so pay back and forward

CommandaPanda

1. You have never lived a life at all until you have done something for someone else who can never repay you.
2. Learn to respect yourself and truly fall in love with who you are, then others will see your love for life.
3. Don't ever allow for another person's success to play a part in your viewed downfall, learn from those of who you want to become.
4. Identify your objectives; focus heavily on the steps you need to take to reach those objectives.
5. Act upon each opportunity that presents itself to become a better person; in turn, you will become self-accepting.

Once you've achieved total self-acceptance, you have found your happy life.

KimmieBrie

1 - Be yourself
2 - Don't sweat the small things
3 - Enjoy every day and moment to the fullest
4 - Love others, and you will surely get love in return
5 - Get out and live!!!! Don't watch others doing it on reality TV! Go make your own life... then you won't give #%^# about theirs.

mamaredhead

1. do what you want -- and what you are ready to accept the consequences for
2. be right where you are whenever possible, don't lose yourself in thoughts of yesterday or tomorrow
3. respect that everybody has reasons for doing things -- try to find out what they are before you judge
4. be nice (and honest) to yourself and listen to that little voice inside
5. if you want to be happy -- be happy!

JulieSD

1. Don't sweat the small stuff.
2. Be yourself, people pleasing is draining and being fake is gross.
3. Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers - that's a quote, but ya get my point. lol
4. Be passionate in love and life.
5. Being a parent is hard, love your children unconditionally but when they need to be put in their place, put them there! Don't allow your children a sense of entitlement just because they were born.

JulieSD

1 - Be yourself
2 - Don't sweat the small things
3 - Enjoy every day and moment to the fullest
4 - Love others, and you will surely get love in return
5 - Get out and live!!!! Don't watch others doing it on reality TV! Go make your own life... then you won't give #%^# about theirs.

lol you posted this as I was writing...nice!!

Iamfit4life

#6 if you break out in head to toe hives for a week before your wedding, consider it a sign. You'll thank yourself later!

Articeluvsmemphis

1: Pray Everyday & Trust God
2: Love yourself, nothing wrong with being a little selfish, you are your best caretaker
3: Love others
4: "Worry is interest paid on a debt you may never have"
5: You can only live one day at a time, "be present"

rosebarnalice

Some good ones have already been shared so I'll steal from Wendell Berry's "Ten Hopes" commencement address:

1. Beware the justice of Nature.
2. Make a home. Help to make a community. Be loyal to what you have made. Put the interest of community first.
3. Love this miraculous world that we did not make, that is a gift to us.
4. As far as you are able, make your lives dependent on your local place, neighborhood, and household--which thrive by care and generosity--and independent of the industrial economy, which thrives by damage.
5. Find work, if you can that does no damage. Enjoy your work. Work well.

http://lloydwilliamsinc.com/2011/07/19/wendell-berry-ten-hopes-commencement-address/

ArroganceInStep

Alright, so it's 13

1."Cardio"
2."Double tap"
4."Wear seatbelts"
7."Travel light"
8."Get a kickass partner"
17."Be a hero"
18."Limber up"
22."When in doubt, know your way out"
29."The buddy system"
31."Check the back seat"
32."Enjoy the little things"
48."Hygiene"
49."Always have backup"

VeganInTraining

1. The only person you can change is yourself
2. Other people don't hurt you (except for maybe physically) it's your response to those people that hurts you, so chose not to except their demeaning remarks
3. chose joy (yes I do believe it's a choice not a result of your surroundings)
4. don't waste your time worrying (life has a way of taking care of itself)
5. accept the things you can't change, change the things you can, and know the difference

i_love_vinegar

1. Life is here to be enjoyed, so make enjoying it your priority
2. Don't stress so much~as long as you strive forward, you will succeed!
3. Be a good person
4. Always try and become a better person
5. You cannot change people

BrettPGH

1. You have one life. Live it.
2. There are people out there who know things that you don't. Learn from them.
3. The only person you have any control over is you.
4. Learn to take pleasure in struggle, it lets you know you're alive.
5. F 'em if they can't take a joke.

VeganInTraining

#6 if you break out in head to toe hives for a week before your wedding, consider it a sign. You'll thank yourself later!

and love your significant other (and friends) for who they are now not for their potential, just because they HAVE potential doesn't mean they will ever live up to it