Bruce Lee’s Top 7 Fundamentals for Getting Your Life in Shape

From The Positive Blog -

1. What are you really thinking about today? “As you think, so shall you become.”

2. Simplify. “It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.” “If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.”

3. Learn about yourself in interactions. “To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.”

4. Do not divide. “Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.”

5. Avoid a dependency on validation from others. “I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.” “Showing off is the fool’s idea of glory.”

6. Be proactive. “To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.”

7. Be you. “Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.”

Words of Wisdoms

Don't spend major time with minor people.
If there are people in your life who continually disappoint you, break promises, stomp on your dreams, are too judgmental, have different values and don't have your back during difficult times...that is not friendship.

To have a friend, be a friend.
Sometimes in life as you grow, your friends will either grow or go. Surround yourself with people who reflect values, goals interests and lifestyles.

When I think of any of my successes,
I am thankful to God from whom all blessings flow, and to my family and friends who enrich my life.

Over the years my phone book has changed because I changed, for the better.
At first, you think you're going to be alone, but after awhile, new people show up in your life that make it so much sweeter and easier to endure.

Remember what your elders used to say,
"Birds of a feather flock together.
If you're an eagle, don't hang around chickens:
Chickens can't fly!"

10 Most Important Things...

LOVE: The Special Feeling That Makes You Feel All Warm And Wonderful.

RESPECT: Treating Others As Well As You Would Like To Be Treated.

APPRECIATION: To Be Grateful For All The Good Things Life Has To Offer.

HAPPINESS: The Full Enjoyment Of Each Moment. A Smiling Face.

FORGIVENESS: The Ability To Let Things Be Without Anger.

SHARING: The Joy Of Giving Without Thought Of Receiving.

HONESTY: The Quality Of Always Telling The Truth.

INTEGRITY: The Purity Of Doing What's Right, No Matter What.

COMPASSION: The Essence Of Feeling Another's Pain, While Easing Their Hurt.

PEACE: The Reward For Living The 10 Most Important Things.

Remember

Remember the first day of the first year of the first time in your life you started your journey to getting old? Remember the first guy/gal who caught your eye, that same guy/gal who you still remember as your first college crush? Remember those first friends you shared your fears with, who soon became acquaintances? Remember those neighbors and classmates, who ended up becoming your closest friends?

Remember holding back the tears on those days when you just wanted to be home again, to feel SAFE again? Remember those drunken nights when the times you shared with your friends will forever hold a place in your memory and your heart? Remember those bonding nights, when you never felt closer to a certain person, and how that closeness creates ties that never die?

Remember how you never realized the importance of family, until you didn't see them everyday? Remember telling friends the deepest secrets of your life, and knowing they'd remain secrets? Remember the craziness of the dorm, getting sudden bursts of energy and looking for people, even total strangers, to harass? Remember that dream guy/gal, you thought about so much, who when she/he finally opened his/her mouth, changed your opinion of him/her forever? Remember how that guy/girl you once lived for soon became a joke and an excuse for you and your friends to laugh at yourself?

Remember to never lose touch with those friends you've made here, because you have all changed and grown enormously together, and that is something very sacred to be shared.

Remember you are only here for a short while, time flies before you realize it, so make it last, make it memorable, make it the best time of your life, the best memories that you can carry with you for the rest of your days.

Remember to love the ones you love, life isn't forever. Remember to love your friends, whether they come, go, love you or hurt you.