9 tricks in 2009

"The real trick in life is to turn hindsight into foresight that reveals insight." - I wrote that not too long ago in a personal note. Today, I started reflecting on the major lessons I've learnt in my life and came up with the 9 most important "tricks" for 2009. Without going too deeply into each of them, nor intending for it to be affirmative, here they are:

Trick #1: When it's a single person vs. an institution, the institution always win.
Trick #2: Don't be defensive/ don't bother to explain: Those who matter don't mind, and those who mind don't matter.
Trick #3: Don't get strung up by the notion of fairness. Everyone has their own balancing beam of what fairness means.
Trick #4: You can never win an argument. If you lose, you lost. If you win, you still lost. Think about it.
Trick #5: If you can't change others, change yourself- it's far easier that way. Your attitude determine the altitude of your happiness.
Trick #6: Don't nurse, curse nor rehearse your wound. You'll only hurt more and you can't forget things that way.
Trick #7: There is no good or bad. Everything happens for a reason/every person enters your life at a point to teach you the lesson you most need to learn. But our human tendency is to rush to label it as "good" or "bad". Take the chance to decipher the lesson.
Trick #8: Everything a person does, he/she either does it out of fear or out of love.
Trick #9: Let go, let flow! Enjoy life for what it is.

On a quick note, it's not just about introspection & reflection, but putting it into action! That's not always easy as we are all painfully human. But slowly and surely, we will get there.