“Rules for being human handed down from ancient Sanskrit,” the Pinterest or Tiktok video said. I forget which one it was.
Except they’re not, Of course they’re not.
They’re instead from a self-help book from 1998.
But here’s the thing, I still like them. They resonated with me, so here we are, writing them down so that I can find them easily again in the future—when I stumble on some ancient Sanskrit that just feels oh so familiar.
- You will receive a body.
- You will learn lessons.
- There are no mistakes, only lessons.
- A lesson is repeated until it is learned.
- Learning lessons does not end.
- “There” is no better than “Here.”
- Others are merely mirrors of you.
- What you make of your life is up to you.
- The answers lie inside you.
- Your answers lie inside you.
- You will forget all of this.
- You can remember it whenever you want
From If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules by Cherie Carter-Scott.