Forget all the self help books and expensive, slightly creepy life coach gurus, we crowdsourced the secrets to life in our incredible Facebook community and have the definitive secrets to a long, healthy and happy life right here for you, absolutely free of charge! Here they are, with the help of an 80’s hair metal band, a famous poet and a Native American chief, the exclusive secrets to life revealed:
Cori Louise Williams: Love. Not just for a partner or a child, but for everyone and everything.
Eric Bounting: I know it’s cliche` but slowing down to smell the flowers is great advice. Take time to look at things that people overlook. Serve others without neglecting yourself. Make memories, not wishes.
Danny Stagnitta: I saw this the other day and quite like it:
“The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Matthew Barstool: I’m at my happiest when my wife’s in my Arms and my kids are near by. Too old to cuddle now at 15 and 19. At lest they think so anyway. LOL.
Benjamin Conard: Might be different compared to most but enjoy the little things, don’t focus on objects. When you die, your car, house, etc wont be coming with you.
Flickr photo by Kevin Dooley.
Morgan Carter: Always liked this perspective from Chief Tecumseh:
So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, even a stranger, when in a lonely place. Show respect to all people and grovel to none.
When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.
When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
Leah Stokes: Life is too short. Love your children even when they don’t want to be loved. Learn to forgive the people around you.
Anto Connolly: I think each persons secret is different, it’s up to ourselves to discover.
Lewis Richards: The secret to life is that there is no secret to life. Live it your way, because what works for someone else doesn’t mean it will work for you, too.
What’s your secret to life? Or, what Poison lyric guides you along your unique path 😉 ? Tell us on Facebook!
*Flickr photo image by Sean MacEntee, used under Creative Commons license.