This is a new Special Series here at RJsCorner. It will be ten posts long and cover the things on the poster to the right..

Life’s Rules is about “being” a good person and a world citizen and caretaker. It is about respecting others, even if they don’t return the favor. I don’t recall where I originally came across this poster, but I quickly purchased it, and it has been on my wall for a few months now. It is intended to be used in middle-school classrooms and is entitled Class Rules, but I kinda think it applies way beyond that, so I modified its title slightly.

Here I am in my 76th year and proud to say that I still prepare to learn every day. When you stop learning, you stop growing and living. Despite the ones who tried to shut down the U.S. Patent Office more than a hundred years ago because they thought everything had been invented, there is no one on this earth who has ever learned all there is to know. 😎

If I (we) could say I have accomplished everything on this list, I could proclaim my life to be full, and I that am fully living by the teachings of Jesus.

Ok, now with all this preliminary stuff out of the way, let’s get started with the first thing on the list.

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Rule #1: Prepare To Learn

If you have ever looked at the header of this blog, you will see that the top three principles of it are

• Think For Yourself
• Question Everything
• Never Stop Learning

I look at those words every day and “Prepare To Learn”. I have been doing that for so long that it now comes naturally to me. Preparing to learn is a simple thought but is a multi-faceted thing.

Preparing to learn is:

• To be opened to things that you might not currently agree with. Changing your mind is what learning is all about.
• About critical thinking. Using facts, not fallacy to gain understanding.
• About admitting that you got something wrong, and then doing something about it.
• Is a daily mindset.

Every day is a new day in the classroom of life. Never stop growing or learning.