I’m all for education, but so much of life is learned at a different school. We attend this one every day whether we realise it or not – the school of life is a big one and it’s international.
It’s good to remember the type of thing we learn at this school and I’ve listed a few lessons that have impacted on my life below:
- Never think that life is an entitlement – there is no such thing
- Always remember to live for today, tomorrow will take care of itself
- The challenges we face now never look as big when we look backwards
- Get out and travel a bit, particularly to somewhere less privileged – it’s a good leveller
- Don’t listen to those who would try to put you down – this kind of person has deep issues
- There is bad in the best of us, and good in the worst of us
- We all respond positively to a smile – don’t let someone hang their coat on your bottom lip
- The capacity of a human being to achieve greatness is amazing – never say never
- We are only as confident as the words we use
- Negative people can spread their influence faster than we think
- Positive people are contagious
- If money is our only worry in life, we don’t really have any worries then
- Imagination can paint some scary pictures
- Helping other people is the most fulfilling thing we will ever do
The school of life has no fees and the learning is free but it can cost a great deal. It can test us in every area and stretch us in ways we never knew possible. It is however a great privilege and we should live it to the very maximum each and every day