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Kelly stumbled on to some words to live by the other day, and I think they’re worth sharing. Both poignant and even humourous, these Ten Rules for Being Human are good ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: 12 Life Lessons Learned From 12 Years of Travel<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This post was originally published in 2010. It has since been updated for accuracy of links and content. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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10 Rules for Being Human<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Written by Dr. Cherie Carter-Scott<\/a> in Life is a Game, These Are The Rules<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it’s yours to keep for the entire period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called, “life.”
See also: 12 Lessons Learned from 12 Years of Full-Time Travel<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial, error, and experimentation. The “failed” experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiments that ultimately “work.”<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

4. Lessons are repeated until they are learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can go on to the next lesson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Learning lessons does not end. There’s no part of life that doesn’t contain its lessons. If you’re alive, that means there are still lessons to be learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. “There” is no better a place than “here.” When your “there” has become a “here”, you will simply obtain another “there” that will again look better than “here.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Other people 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.
I learned this in spades in Peru, whilst apprenticing with a shaman<\/a>. (yeah, I did that)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Your answers lie within you. The answers to life’s questions lie within you. All you need to do is look, listen, and trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. You will forget all this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kelly stumbled on to some words to live by the other day, and I think they’re worth sharing. Both poignant and even humourous, these Ten Rules for Being Human are good ones. See also: 12 Life Lessons Learned From 12 Years of Travel This post was originally published in 2010. … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia"],"yoast_head":"\n10 Rules for Being Human - The Professional Hobo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Here are 10 rules for being human.....words to live by.\u00a0These 10 rules are funny and poignant at the same time. 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