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I SHOULD NOT Dwell on my troubles and aches and pains.

3

I SHOULD NOT Think I’m always right and win

people’s approval for everything I do.

4

I SHOULD NOT Think that I always know

what is best for people.

5

I SHOULD NOT Think that because people disagree,

they are unreasonable.

6

I SHOULD NOT Think that all the unpleasant things

happen to me.

7

I SHOULD NOT Think that ambition and what I want

are all-important.

8

I SHOULD NOT Expect people’s temperament,

character and behaviour to be what I like.

9

I SHOULD Recognize that the more I dwell on

my troubles and pains, the worse they seem.

10

I SHOULD Recognize how impossible it is to please all the people all the time.

11

I SHOULD Recognize that I cannot always get

people to do what I want as a matter of course.

12

I SHOULD

Recognize that people are entitled to their opinions.

13

I SHOULD Recognize that everybody has off-days.

14

I SHOULD

Recognize the danger of expecting too much from life, myself and other people.

15

I SHOULD Practice mindfulness of my mental

states and outside phenomena.

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The End

“He that can have Patience, can have what he will”

Benjamin Franklin

With Metta,Bro. Oh Teik Bin