Humanrules

                                   As far as learning to be human
                                   goes, the following rules could
                                   well be those given to us before
                                   we are born, to guide us through
                                   this life. The only problem is we
                                   have forgotten them.

                              1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate
                                   it. But it will be yours for the entire period this
                                   time around.

                              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 les-
                                   sons. You may like the lessons or think them ir-
                                   relevant and stupid.

                              3. There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is
                                   a process of trial and error experimentation. The
                                   failed experiments are as much a part of the pro-
                                   cess as the experiment will ultimately 'works'.

                              4. A lesson is repeated until it is learned. A lesson
                                   will be presented to you in various forms until
                                   you have learned it. When you have, you can
                                   then go on to the next lesson.

                             5. Learning lesson 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 no better than "here". When your
                                   "there" has become "here", you will simply
                                   obtain another "there" that again will look
                                   better than "here".

                              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. If you hurt someone else
                                   you are hurting yourself.

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

                              9. Your answers lie inside you. The answer to life's
                                   questions lie inside you. All you need to do is
                                   look, listen and trust.

10. You will forget all this.