Breaking Down "The Rules For Being Human"

Life has a way of challenging us, however Dr. Cherie Carter-Scott offers a different (and more empowering) perspective in her "Ten Rules For Being Human" from her New York Times Best Seller "If Life is a Game, These Are the Rules."   

The Rules For Being Human

from Dr. Cherie Carter-Scott's NYT Best Seller "If Life is a Game, These Are the Rules"

Rule One: You will receive a body. You may love it or hate it, but it will be yours for the duration of your life on Earth.

Rule Two: You will be presented with 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 hate them, but you have designed them as part of your curriculum.

Rule Three: There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of experimentation, a series of trials, errors, and occasional victories. The failed experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiments that work.

Rule Four: A lesson is repeated until learned. Lessons will be repeated to you in various forms until you have learned them. When you have learned them, you can then go on to the next lesson.

Rule Five: Learning does not end. There is no part of life that does not contain lessons. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.

Rule Six: 'There' is no better than 'here'. When your 'there' has become a 'here,' you will simply obtain a 'there' that will look better to you than your present 'here'.

Rule Seven: Others are only mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself.

Rule Eight: 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.

Rule Nine: Your answers lie inside of you. All you need to do is look, listen, and trust.

Rule Ten: You will forget all of this at birth. You can remember it if you want by unravelling the double helix of inner knowing.

Understanding the Rules...

You will receive a body.. it will be yours as long as you live. Humans seem to forget that we get one body in this lifetime, and that we must be kind to it in order for it be kind to us. Despite the love or hate surrounding your body, it is yours and your ‘quality of life’ depends on how you treat it.

There are no mistakes—only lessons. You can learn as much from failure as you can from success. Simply put, life is about learning lessons. You will continue to learn lessons until your last day here, make the most of the lessons learned. Remember them, share them, cherish them. 

You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself. And show everyone, even yourself, kindness. The world is not the easiest of places to be, especially with hate, however kindness can go a LONG WAY and leave a LASTING IMPACT.

What you make of your life is up to you. You figure out how to maneuver through life from previous lessons learned, and you continue learning along the way. You also have an endless supply of TOOLS and RESOURCES necessary to help you, if you take the time to look and ask for help.

The answers lie within you. On the days when you’re feeling helpless, find time to sit, get quiet and become present in the moment. Look inward, listen to what your gut is telling you and trust the wisdom you hold within yourself already.  

You will forget all of this at birth. Life can be hard, however struggle is optional. Allow imperfection and laugh at yourself every once and a while!

The Takeaway...

"The Rules For Being Human" is a resource I received from one of my Coach Training Instructors, and I mentally carry the wisdom with me everywhere. It’s an inspiring piece that reminds- we're all doing the best we can as HUMANS BEING HUMAN. 

SO, when you’re feeling hard on yourself, pull this out and REMIND YOURSELF that life presents us with many opportunities to help us practice and become really good at being human.

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