Instructions For Life:

1. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have, or sleep all you want.

2. When you say, "I love you", mean it.

3. When you say, "I'm sorry", look the person in the eye.

4. Believe in love at first sight.

5. Never laugh at anyone's dreams. People who don't have dreams don't have much.

6. Don't judge people by their relatives.

7. Talk slowly but think quickly.

8. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

9. Call your mom.

10. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.

11. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

12. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.

13. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.

14. Spend some time alone.

15. In disagreements with loved ones, deal with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.

16. Pray. There's immeasurable power in it.

17. Never interrupt when you are being flattered.

18. Mind your own business.

19. Don't trust a man/woman who doesn't close his/her eyes when you kiss.

20. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.

21. If you make a lot of money, put it to use helping others while you are living. That is wealth's greatest satisfaction.

22. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a stroke of luck. Thank God for unanswered prayers.

23. Remember that the best relationship is one where your love for each other is greater than your need for each other.

24. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.