Your no.1 rule?

Dee

My number one rule which has served me well is ....You make your own mind up every day whether to be happy or sad despite your circumstances, you always have this choice 

TKDB

Being fair and equal in Real Life, and on the internet.

Plaffelvohfen

I don't really have a "rule", maybe more a default position... For instance, I always assume that everyone is an until shown otherwise...

This way I literally cannot be disappointed, and I'm often happily surprised! It's a good way to keep faith in humanity imo...

TKDB

@Plaffelvohfen

You're funny.

Basically you're fair and equal to yourself, now I understand you better. 

RickeyD

@대왕광개토 ; Actually, there are two...

MayCaesar

I do not have the single most important rule, but the general principle I follow is this: "Change what you cannot accept, and accept what you cannot change". Things outside our control are what they are, and whether we accept them or not, they will do as they please, hence it is better to accept them and move on contently, than to try to resist them and feel awful about it. And things within our control are not worth agonising over either: if you want to change them, then do so, and if you cannot bring yourself to, then, again, just accept them and move on.

Resisting things outside our control is the primary reason for stress and anxiety, and is a psychological suicide. No matter how bad something looks, if you cannot do something about it, then it is just your new reality. You have to be able to go with the flow of life no matter where this flow takes you and enjoy the ride, otherwise you will be smashed against sharp rocks that are stress and anxiety.

Dee

@RickeyD

****You must love god with all your soul blah , blah , blah ......

Which god 

***** Love your neighbour as yourself 

Unless of course he/she is a Homosexual, lesbian , had a child outside marriage , is a Muslim , Mormon , Buddhist etc , etc , Democrat , socialist , Scientist , is homeless , has no healthcare plan , is unemployed , etc , etc , etc 

John_C_87

대왕광개토 said:

What do you think is the best life rule?

Reach, through, row, go.