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Question: What are the ingredients to living a basic, overall good life!?
In the universal sense, not taking into account different people, circumstances, places in life!.!.!.just being a human being and living the good life!. Aristotle covers this, but a lot of it I can't remember anymore!. Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
Live Each Day With Courage

Take Pride In Your Work

Always Finish What You Start

Do What Has To Be Done

Be Tough, But Fair

When You Make A Promise, Keep It

Ride For The Brand

Talk Less And Say More

Remember That Some Things Aren’t For Sale

Know Where To Draw The LineWww@QuestionHome@Com

Several approaches which cover the basics:

"The Path of the Higher Self," Mark Prophet,

"Watch Your Dreams" and "Kundalini West," Ann Ree Colton,

"Man, Master of His Destiny," O!. M!. Aivanhov,

"The Master of Lucid Dreams," Dr!. Olga Kharitidi,

"The Great Divorce," C!. S!. Lewis,

"Expecting Adam," Martha Beck,

"To Live Within," Lizelle Reymond,

"Freakonomics," S!. Levitt, and

"Extraordinary Knowing," Dr!. Elizabeth Mayer!.

The basic ingredients are given by these authors!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Taking personal responsibility for all of our own actions and circumstances give an amazing amount of freedom!.

Minding our own business makes it much easier to concentrate on the only think we have power over, ourselves!.

Never being a stumbling block for others helps everyone else!.

As they tried to teach us as kids in the boy Scouts : " Do a good deed, daily!. " I have learned it's easy to help others in ways that don't cost a cent so even if we are not well-to-do we can always do something to help someone else!.

Eat healthily, sleep at least 5 hours at a time and arise when we wake up!.

Working and being self-supporting goes a long, long way to helping self-esteem!.

Don't forget to smile along the way!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

my ingredients

Don't hold on to lost friends, lost relationships
Move forward with what you learned
It just makes you pause in life

also, LIVE LIFE
Have fun, smile, watch Parodies and funny movies/shows/cartoons
It really lightens up any dampers you have in life

See everything that happens in a positive way
like you got a cold!.!.!.don't let it bother you
you failed a test!.!.!.!.learn from the mistake
Everything happens for a reason!.!.!.and if you really want something!.!.!.it will come to you when and if its meant to be

All I wrote above is my philosphy
I am not religious because of my overbearing parents
I don't blame them though!.!.!.i love my life and how I deal with things
(well!.!.!.i do make mistakes)
So!.!.!.smile, cheer up!.!.!.!.life's short
Like I always say in my blog

Live!. Laugh!. Love!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

read desiderata!. !. !. the ingredients are there!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

!.!.!.to be content, happy, humble and enjoying all that is in the moment!.!.!.
!.!.!.thanks for asking!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Above all else do no harm!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Just love and peace !. Nothing else !.Www@QuestionHome@Com