1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.

3. Follow the three R's: Respect for self, Respect for others, and Responsibility for all your actions.

4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

8. Spend some time alone.

9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.

12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for life. Do all you can to create a tranquil, harmonious home.

13. In disagreements with loved one, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.

14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.

15. Be gentle with the earth.

16. Once a year, go some place you've never been before.

17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.

18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

19. Call your mother.

20. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

The Healing Journey starts with you. It is a journey available to all who choose to go.

It is a journey for those who strive to find beauty in the moment, but you are the image of me.

I will give you an opportunity. To live the most, as long as you can to discover your soul and to fulfill my plan.

The doctor looked at me. He said I had a disease.

He gave me a statistic about life. A negative journey was his prophecy.

"Oh no, that can't be! God why did you do this to me?"

"My life, my children, pity, pity poor me. What kind of future awaits weak me?"

And God answered, "It wasn't me, it wasn't you. Life's ways, the curves, I just don't know.

Arthur Soissons-Segal, Ph.D.