My mother cut these suggestions from a calendar.  I can’t give credit to the compiler because she didn’t save that part.  I’m sure it was from a calendar with animal pictures.  (Worst attribution ever.)

• Accept triumph and defeat with equal grace.
• Root for your team to win, not for the other team to lose.
• Teach your children that when they divide anything, the other kid gets first pick.
• When walking a dog, let the dog pick the direction.
• When eating either cinnamon rolls or prime rib, eat the center first.
• Rebuild a broken relationship.
• Never leave fun to find fun.
• Keep a current city and state highway map in your car’s glove box.
• Keep receipts.
• Live beneath your means.
• Buy a flashlight for each person in your family to keep in their bedroom.
• Carry a kite in the trunk for windy spring days.
• Remember that anything worth doing is going to take longer than you think.
• Every once in a while, let your kids play in the rain.
• Ask an older person you respect to tell you his or her proudest moment and greatest regret.
• Remember that every age brings new opportunities.
• Remember that life’s most treasured moments often come unannounced.
• If you borrow something more than twice, buy one for yourself.
• Be the first to apologize to a family member after a disagreement.
• Take a ride in a hot-air balloon.
• Never ignore a ringing fire alarm.
• Whisper in your sleeping child’s ear, “I love you.”
• Watch your language.
• Hold puppies, kittens and babies any time you get the chance.
• Be the first adult to jump into the pool or run into the ocean with the kids.  They will love you for it.
• Remember that a successful future begins right now.
• Dust, then vacuum.
• Offer to leave the tip when someone invites you out to eat.
• Never deny anyone the opportunity to do something nice for you.
• Do something every day that maintains your good health.
• Don’t make eating everything on their plate an issue with children.
• To help your children turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money.
• Welcome the unexpected!  Opportunities rarely come in neat, predictable packages.
• Remember that a minute of anger denies you sixty seconds of happiness.
• Own a salad spinner.
• If it’s not a beautiful morning, let your cheerfulness make it one.
• Remember that cruel words hurt deeply.
• Remember that loving words quickly heal.
• Keep $10 in your glove box for emergencies.
• When a friend is in need, help him without his having to ask.
• Require your children to do their share of household chores.
• Remember that you can miss a lot of good things in life by having the wrong attitude.
• When in doubt, smile.
• Stay humble.
• Worry about the consequences of the choices you make before you make them- not afterward.
• Make your money before spending it.
• Remember that a grateful heart is almost always a happy one.
• After going to bed, refuse to worry about problems until the morning.
• Return shopping carts to the designated areas.
• When you need to apologize to someone, do it in person.
• Include your parents in your prayers.
• Live simply.
• This year, visit two or three of your state parks.
• Pass down family recipes.
• Never complain about the food or entertainment at church suppers or charity functions.
• Don’t live with the brakes on.
• Don’t forget that your attitude is just as important as the facts.
• Have a little money in the bank to handle unforeseen problems.
• Remember that wealth is not having all the money you want, but having all the money you need.
• Remember that all important truths are simple.
• See any detour as an opportunity to experience new things.
• Write a thank you note to your children’s teacher when you see your child learning new things.
• When you pass a family riding in a big U-Haul truck, give them the “thumbs up” sign.  They need all the encouragement they can get.
• Question your prejudices.
• Eat moderately.
• Exercise vigorously.
• Never intentionally embarrass anyone.
• Learn to eat with chopsticks.
• Remember that everyone has bad days.
• Never resist a generous impulse.
• Never eat a sugared doughnut when wearing a dark suit.
• Don’t look through other people’s medicine cabinets, closets, or refrigerators.
• Make your bed every morning.
• Always off guests something to eat or drink when they drop by.
• Don’t expect different results from the same behavior.
• Ask yourself if what you’re doing today is getting you closer to where you want to be tomorrow.
• Stand out from the crowd.
• Remember, it’s not your job to get people to like you, it’s your job to like people.
• Never buy a Rolex watch from someone who is out of breath.
• Never go up a latter with just one nail.
• When pouring something from one container to another, do it over the sink.
• Learn to paddle a canoe.
• Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity of others.
• If you ask someone to do something for you, let them do it their way.
• Savor every day.
• Never keep a free ride waiting.
• Stop and read historical roadside markers.
• Don’t use your teeth to open things.
• When you are angry with someone who means a lot to you, write a letter telling him or her why you feel that way – but don’t mail it.
• Learn your great-grandparents’ names and what they did.
• Send a “thinking of you” card to a friend who’s experiencing the anniversary of the loss of a loved one.
• Read acknowledgements, introductions and prefaces to books.
• Take more pictures of people than of places.
• Eat at a truck stop.
• Never make fun of people who speak broken English.  It means they know another language.
• Resist giving advice concerning matrimony, finances, or hair styles.
• Be willing to accept a temporary inconvenience for a permanent improvement.
• Make your wedding anniversary an all-day celebration.
• After someone apologizes to you, don’t lecture them.
• Admit your mistakes.
• Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something.
• Never set a drink down on a book.

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