ADVICE FROM A PARENT TO HIS CHILD TO LIVE HAPPY

Jackson Brown is not a great thinker, nor a Nobel Prize for literature. He is just an ordinary man, a father worried about the happiness of his son who wanted to write these simple ‘advices’, at the time that he would go to study at the University, far from his house. His son decided to photocopy them and distributed them among his fellow students. They were so successful that a publisher asked Brown for permission to edit a book with them. A short time later, expanded under the title ‘Vivir Feliz’, it became a Best Seller that has had dozens of editions and millions of copies translated into various languages.

Watch the sunrise at least once a year.

Shake hands firmly, and look people in the eye.

Have a good music team.

Pick a partner the same way you would pick a tennis partner: make him strong where you are weak, and vice versa.

Be wary of braggarts: no one brags about what he has left over.

Remember the birthdays of the people you care about.

Avoid negative people; They always have a problem for every solution.

Drive cars that are not very expensive, but treat yourself to a nice house.

There is never a second chance to make a good first impression.

Do not comment on a person’s weight, or tell someone that they are losing their hair. You already know.

Remember that more is achieved from people through encouragement than reproach (tell the weak that they are strong and you will see them gain strength).

Dare to introduce yourself to someone you like simply with a smile and saying: My name is so-and-so; They haven’t introduced us yet.

Never threaten if you are not willing to comply.

Show extra respect for the people who do the heaviest work.

Do what is right, no matter what others think.

Entrust your daily tasks and decisions to the Holy Spirit

Give your child a hand whenever you get the chance. The time will come when it won’t let you do it anymore.

Learn to look at people from their sandals and not from yours. Locate your claims within your means.

Remember the old proverb: No debt, no danger.

There is nothing more difficult than answering the questions of fools.

Learn to share with others and discover the joy of being useful to your neighbor. (He who does not live to serve, he does not serve to live).

Go to your commitments on time. Punctuality is respect for others’ time.

Trust God, but lock your car.

Remember that the great love and the great challenge also include ‘the great risk’.

Never confuse wealth with success.

Never lose your sense of humor and learn to laugh at your own shortcomings.

Don’t expect someone else to know what you want if you don’t say so.

Even if you have a comfortable position, make your children pay part of their studies.

Make two copies of the photos you take and send them to the people who appear in the photos.

Treat your employees with the same respect you treat your customers.

Don’t forget that silence is sometimes the best answer.

Don’t throw away a good idea because you don’t like who it came from.

Never buy a cheap mattress: we spend a third of our lives on it.

Don’t confuse comfort with happiness.

Never buy anything electrical at a craft fair.

Listen twice as much as you speak (that’s why God gave us two ears and one mouth).

When you need professional advice, ask professionals and not friends.

Learn to distinguish who are your friends and who are your enemies.

The friend who never fails is Jess. Always trust in him and pray to him every day.

Never envy: envy is the tribute that mediocrity pays to talent.

Remember that happiness is not a goal but a path: enjoy while you walk it.

If you don’t want to feel frustrated, don’t set impossible goals for yourself.

‘The happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything… they just enjoy to the fullest everything that God puts in their path’