DumbLittleMan is an engaging blog on “tips for life” that’s neither little nor dumb by any standards.  I find its content to be rich and insightful and full of wisdom.  Here’s a recent post on 20 Things I’m Glad Life Taught Me:

Here are 20 things that I personally came to understand and believe in. Your 20 could be totally different. Perhaps you only have 5, it doesn’t matter. The key is that you learn from your life, your failures and your successes…

1. You must create and look for opportunities
2. Negativity will only bring more of it
3. Where you are does not determine where you can go
4. If you can’t help others, you can’t help yourself
5. Follow your passion, money will follow
6. Enjoy yourself
7. If it were easy everyone would do it
8. Planning is good but so is being spontaneous
9. You have many talents
10. Don’t work hard without rewards
11. Money does bring happiness
12. Someone always has it worse
13. You’ll need others
14. Being open-minded is the key to more knowledge
15. Failure is great
16. Most people are actually nice
17. Words and thoughts control everything
18. Your view is the reality
19. Inspiration and motivation are everywhere
20. You can change the world

I found all of these to ring true with my own learnings from Life.  While some of these I already believed, others served as a gentle reminder, and still others were a nice surprise!

Go to the site, and you can also read the descriptions that accompany each of these powerful pearls…