The rules I live by and opinions for a good life Part 1...

1. Family comes first. I do not say that God comes first because God is part of my family and my soul therefore I feel he knows He is included when I say family comes first. I do not believe God is jealous or feels threatened by this opinion because he is bigger than petty details.

2. Always say I love you. Do not leave people guessing. Who knows when it will be the last time you get the chance to express your heart-felt feelings. Who knows what wounds you are healing, doubts you are erasing, or stress you are easing in that other person's life by doing so.

3. Do not sweat the petty things in life. Do not get wrapped up in things that do not amount to a hill of beans. The time, energy, and worry you waste on lesser things would be better spent on things that truly matter in life.

4. Do not judge. All lives, all paths are different. None are better than another. We are all children of God and last time I checked He needed no help doing His job. No one is perfect and we all make mistakes. Instead show compassion for those different than you. You can never know how hard their lives have been what trials they have faced. If you walked in their shoes would you have faired better? ...Are you sure about that??

5. Do not live beyond your means. If you want it, you must work for it and earn it. We are entitled to nothing in life except the air we breathe, and the planet we walk on. We make our own journey or we break it. No one owes us anything except ourselves. There is nothing in life you TRULY NEED except for food, shelter, and clothing to protect you from the elements. Everything else is really a luxury when you think about it. You do not NEED it to survive therefore you are not ENTITLED to it unless you work for it.
We do not NEED HUGE houses, or fancy cars, or the LATEST in TRENDY fashion. We do not NEED cell phones that will wipe our asses, ipods, ipads, MONSTROUS televisions, or THOUSAND dollar purses and shoes. Can you eat em? No?? What good are they then?  Children are starving. People are on all kinds of government assistance and cannot even afford to go to the doctor, but they GOTTA HAVE this crap....