More from the Teacher's Desk

25 Lessons for Life
1. There is no free lunch. Don't feel entitled to anything you don't sweat and struggle for.

2. Set goals and work quietly and systematically toward them.

3. Assign yourself.

4. Never work just for money or for power. They wont save your soul or help you sleep at night.

5. Don't be afraid of taking risks or of being criticized.

6. Take parenting and family life seriously and insist that those you work for and who represent you do the same.

7. Remember that your wife is not yoru mother or your maid, but your partner and friend.

8. Forming Families is serious business.

9. Be honest.

10. Remember and help America remember that the fellowship of human beings is more important than the fellowship of race and class and gender.

11. Sell the shadow for substance.

12. Never give up

13. Be confident that you can make a difference.

14. Don't ever stop learning and improving your mind.

15. Don't be afraid of hard work or of teaching your children to work

16. Slow down and live

17. Choose your friends carefully.

18. Be a can-do, will-try person

19. Try to live in the present.

20. Use your political and economic power for the comminity and others less fortunate.

21. Listen for "the sound of genuine"within yourself and others.

22. You are in charge of your attitude.

23. Remember your roots, your history, and the forebears' shoulders on which you stand.

24. Be reliable. Be faithful. Finish what you start.

25. Always remember that you are never alone.


So I like this one also...not as much as others. But again, they are just subtle reminders on days that you need some reminding...which everyone needs some time or another. Happy Friday Y'all!!