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written by dr. cherie carter-scott: some adaptation has been done of the original text, which can be found here

 https://www.drcherie.com/ten-rules-for-being-human/

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THE RULES FOR BEING HUMAN

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1. YOU WILL RECEIVE A BODY - you may like it or not, but it will be yours for the duration of your human curriculum experience

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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 lessons. You may like the lessons or think them irrelevant or stupid

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3. THERE ARE NO MISTAKES, ONLY LESSONS - growth is a process of trial and error, or experimentation. The 'failed' experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiment that ultimately 'works'

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4. A LESSON IS REPEATED UNTIL IT IS LEARNED -  a lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned and integrated it

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5. LEARNING LESSONS DOES NOT END - there is no part of life that does not contain its lessons

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6. 'THERE' IS NO BETTER THAN 'HERE' - when your 'there' has become 'here', you will simply obtain another 'there' that will again appear better than 'here'

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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

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8. WHAT YOU MAKE OF YOUR LIFE IS UP TO YOU - you have all the tools and resources you need, what you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours

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9. THE ANSWERS LIE WITHIN YOU - the answers to life's questions lie within you. All you need to do is look, listen, feel and trust

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...we "move towards" integrating these core knowings...

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and beware of dysfunction masquerading as culture

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