A TENTRA NEPALESE TOTEM
This Tentra has arrived from India. I don't know much about this Tentra stuff, but there sure is a lot of good stuff in the list that follows.
Instructions for Life:
- Eat plenty of whole rice.
- Give people more than they expect and do this wilfully.
- Learn by heart your favourite song.
- Don't believe anything you hear and do not sleep as much as you would like.
- When you say "I love You", say it truthfully.
- When you say I'm sorry, say it with eye contact.
- An engagement period of six months is crucial before marriage.
- Believe in love at first sight.
- Never mock other's dreams.
- Love deeply and passionately. You may get hurt, but this is the only way to live life at it's fullest.
- Deal with discontentment, fight fairly, but do not offend.
- Do not judge others because of their relatives.
- Talk slow, think fast.
- When someone asks you a question you do not want to answer, smile and ask "Why do you want to know?".
- Remember that the greatest love and the greatest success also hold many risks.
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Call your Mum.
- Bless a person who has just sneezed.
- When you lose, do not lose the lesson.
- Remember: respect for yourself, respect for others, and responsibility for your actions.
- Do not allow a small disagreement to hurt a great friendship.
- When you notice that you have made a mistake, take the appropriate steps to correct it.
- Smile when you answer the phone. Those who call can "hear"your smile.
- Marry (or be with) the person you love talking to the most. When you get old, conversation will be more important than anything else.
- Spend some time alone.
- Accept change with open arms; yet do not give up your values.
- Remember that sometimes, silence is the best answer.
- Read more books and watch television less.
- Live a good, honourable life. Later, when you grow old and remember the past, you will enjoy it once more.
- Believe and trust God, whomever/whatever you conceive God to be, but securely lock your car.
- An atmosphere of love at your home is most important.
- Do all that you can in order to create a calm home full of love.
- Do not bring back the past.
- Read in between the lines.
- Share your knowledge. It is the way to live forever.
- Be gentle with our Earth planet.
- Pray. Prayer has incredible power.
- Never interrupt someone who flatters you.
- Take care of your problems.
- Do not trust a man or woman who does not close their eyes when you kiss them.
- Once a year, visit a place you have never seen before.
- If you make a lot of money, channel it so as to help others while you are alive. This is the greatest satisfaction a treasure can reward you.
- Remember that sometimes, not getting what you want is very lucky.
- Learn all the rules, and then break some.
- Remember that the greatest relationships are the ones in which the Love between two people is greater than the need one has of the other.
- Judge your success in light of what you had to give up in order to obtain it.
- Relate to love and to the kitchen completely.