What should we toast to?

Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink.

But if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love.

If you must steal, steal away from bad company.

If you must cheat, cheat death.

And if you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away.

- Excerpt from the movie Hitch

Ten Rules for Being Human by Cherie Carter-Scott

1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it's yours to keep for the entire period.

2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called, "life."

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."

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

10. You will forget all this.

Ref: http://www.bluinc.com/free/human10.htm

The best things in life are NOT free…Why?

Because everything we do, from the moment we get up in the morning, to the <Insert your daily activities here>, finally to the moment we lay ourselves to bed at night, has one thing in common; it is inherently valuable that we should consider it as the “Ultimate Currency.”

Time is the most precious article humans have, one thing we all share regardless of class structure, age, gender or race. Our use of time differs from each individual, as does the value we assign to it. Time can be spent or traded, but how efficiently is this done? Does the value of our time equal the means that we are trying to reach?

Here is how I trade/spend my time for the things that I find are “The best things in MY life”:

• Career – I trade my time for money, because money is a resource I use for valuable things I need to survive and at the same time have some fun and create memorable moments.
• Health – To become healthy, I spend time hitting the gym and buying/cooking healthy foods. I do my best to at least hit the gym 3-4 times a week and always eat a healthier selection of food available, with the occasional “indulging” of my favourite treats such as chocolate, steak, wine and sushi!
• Family & Friends – spending time with my family & friends are of utmost importance to me because of the values I receive from them, such as great respect, building long lasting relationships, creating a stronger bond, socializing to expand/enlighten my ways of thinking and last but certainly not least they are always there to help me out when I’m in need.
• Self-Improvement – I have been trading my time (and money) in developing my life to live the way I want to live and "become the best version of myself" as my good friends Dave and Myke would say. I buy, borrow, download books and read the valuable contents within then apply these values in my life.
• Traveling – I aim to spend time in different places of the world at least 2-3 times a year. Occasionally I have the privilege of traveling for free through my Mom’s company benefits (Thank you Mom!!) but I also save a certain amount of time from work and money (also from work) for traveling. Traveling to me offers a broad range of values, from learning a new culture down to sitting at a nice beach and just relaxing.

After reading how I spend/trade my time, ask yourself...

"If the BEST things in life requires MY TIME...How do I want to SPEND it?"