food for thought?

A friend of mine showed me a very interesting book she had just purchased. Its called "50 Rules Kids Wont Learn in School", written by Charles J.Sykes

its a book i wish to purchase one day, as i think its a great read. kinda like one of the things you'd find in the "Self-Help" section at Chapters (btw, that my FAVORITE section at Chapters :P )

i was able to jot down some notes from the book, i thought it'd be cool to post them on the blog....

Rule#1: Life is not fair. Get used to it.

-the average teenager uses the word "its not fair" 8.6 times a day!

-you cant control the unfairness in the world. what you can control, is the way you react. how you respond will determine what kind of person you will become

-usually, complaints about unfairness have nothing to do with justice, but are simply a reaction to finding out that you have to take responsibility for your life, that you are accountable for your actions, that your choices have consequences, that you have to work for money, that you have to fix something you broke, that you do not get rewards that others have earned while you played video games. none of this is unfair

-disappointment is a symptom of life, not a sign that the world is ripping you off

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i just realized i wont be a teenager for much longer. how sad. i get to join the 'twenty-something club' in a few months...dang, this is too scary :(

-taibah out