Rules for a Happy Life

Recently, for our Senior Project in English, we had to read a children's book, discover the moral, and write 10 rules about how to achieve this moral in our own lives. I chose the book "Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon" by Patty Lovell. This book is about a young girl who is insecure about herself, and then her Grandma teaches her ways to deal with those insecurities. The moral of this book is to learn to accept and love yourself. The whole reason I am writing this, is because I wanted to tell you the 10 rules that I came up with to live a happy life.

1. Know what you want and go for it. You can’t just expect people to hand you things in life. You have to work for it. When you know what you want that’s the first step to working toward it.
2. Never put others down for their achievements. When someone else does something good in their lives, don’t put them down for it. Be there and be proud of them. Make it make you want to work harder.
3. Never EXPECT anything! You are not here to be given things, you are not here to be lazy and have people wait on you. You are here to work hard and do good.
4. Ignore the negative vibes. Ignore the negative people. Surround yourself with people who want to see you succeed, it will only help you in this life.
5. Show others you can be great, especially when they think you can’t. This is not to be confused with being cocky or arrogant. Just prove to people that when they say negative things, it only makes you want it more.
6. Allow yourself to accept failure. You aren’t always going to succeed. The important thing is that you don’t give up. Use the negative feeling of failure to motivate yourself to get it right the next time.
7. Show your confidence. When you show you are confident people are less likely to say negative things because they know it won’t “press your buttons”. Don’t let small-minded remarks get in the way of you and your goals.
8. Allow others to help you. There will be times in life when you need help, and allowing others to help you will keep you humble. After all, there is a difference between taking pride in yourself and your life, and being prideful.
9. Accept change. Life isn’t always going to stay the same. The sooner we learn to accept and handle change, the easier we will realize we can become successful in situations that aren’t ideal.
10. Be kind. You never know what battle someone is fighting. When you see someone compliment them, say hello, whatever, but never let a personal problem or “problem to be solved, become more important than a person to be loved”. -Thomas S. Monson
    
    
    I believe that by following these rules, you will be happy and be able to enjoy life. :)
    Love,
    MaShayla <3