Last Updated on 24/09/2022
A slightly edited version of a list I found. Origins are (probably) some publication of religious press in the USA during the sixties.
- Live a simple life. Be temperate in your habits. Avoid self seeking and selfishness. Make simplicity the keynote of your daily plans. Simple things are best.
- Spend less than you earn. This may be difficult, but it pays big dividends. Keep out of debt. Cultivate frugality, prudence, and self-denial. Avoid extravagance.
- Think constructively. Train yourself to think clearly and accurately, store your mind with useful thoughts. Stand porter at the door of your mind.
- Cultivate a yielding disposition. Resist the common tendency to want things your own way. Try to see the other person’s point of view.
- Be grateful. Begin the day with gratitude for your opportunities and blessings. Be glad for the privilege of life and art.
- Rule your moods. Cultivate a mental attitude of peace and good will.
- Give generously. There is no greater joy in life than to render happiness to others by means of intelligent giving.
- Work with right motives. The highest purpose of your life should be to grow in spiritual grace and potential.
- Be interested in others. Direct your mind from self-centredness. In the degree that you give, serve, and help you will experience the by-product of happiness.
- Live in a daylight compartment. This means living one day at a time. Concentrate on your immediate task. Make the most of today for it is all you have.
- Have a hobby. Books, walking, gardening, music, cooking, foreign languages, cinemas, hobby tasting, sketching, singing, public speaking, photography, social service, birding, are examples. Cultivate an avocation to which you can turn for diversion and relaxation.
- Keep close with Nature. True and enduring happiness depends on close alliance with Her. It is your privilege to share Her thoughts for your spiritual nourishment, and to have a constant assurance of Divine protection and Guidance.