The Oklahoma Eagle

By Dr. G. Calvin McCutchen, Sr.
Guest Columnist

1.    Thou shall not worry, for worry is the most unproductive of all human activity.
2.    Thou shall not be fearful, for most of the things we fear never come to pass.
3.    Thou shall not cross bridges before you come to them, for no one has succeeded in accomplishing this.
4.    Thou shall face each problem as it comes.  You can only handle one at a time anyway.
5.    Thou shall not take problems to bed with you, for they make very poor bedfellows.
6.    Thou shall not borrow other people’s problems.  They can better care for them than you can.
7.    Thou shall not try to relive yesterday for good or until it is forever gone.
8.    Thou shall be a good listener, for only when you listen do you hear different ideas from your own.  It is hard to learn something new when you do all the talking.
9.    Thou shall not become “bogged down” by frustration for 90% of it is rooted in self-pity and will only interfere with positive action.
10.    Thou shall count thy blessings, never overlooking the small ones, for a lot of small blessings add up to big ones.
Happiness is the result of being too busy to be miserable.  The surest way to happiness is to lose yourself in a cause greater than yourself.