and we were silent. After a long period, I said, “May I ask you another question?”
7.\tHe replied with a smile.
8.\t“As a Father, what would you ask your children to do for the new year?”
9.\t“To learn that they cannot make anyone love them. What they can do is to let themselves be loved.
10.\t“To learn that it takes years to build trust, and a few seconds to destroy it.
11.\t“To learn that what is most valuable is not what they have in their lives, but who they have in their lives.
12.\t“To learn that it is not good to compare themselves to others. There will be others better or worse than they are.
13.\t“To learn that a rich person is not one who has the most, but is one who needs the least.
14.\t“To learn that they should control their attitudes, otherwise their attitudes will control them.
15.\t“To learn that it only takes a few seconds to open profound wounds in persons we love, and that it takes many years to heal them.
16.\t“To learn to forgive by practicing forgiveness.
17.\t“To learn that there are persons that love them dearly, but simply do not know how to show their feelings.
18.\t“To learn that money can buy everything but happiness.
19.\t“To learn that while at times they may be entitled to be upset, that does not give them the right to upset those around them.
20.\t“To learn that great dreams do not require great wings, but a landing gear to achieve.
21.\t“To learn that true friends are scarce, he\/she who has found one has found a true treasure.
22.\t“To learn that they are masters of what they keep to themselves and slaves of what they say.
23.\t“To learn that they shall reap what they plant; if they plant gossip they will harvest intrigues, if they plant love they will harvest happiness.
24.\t“To learn that true happiness is not to achieve their goals but to learn to be satisfied with what they already achieved.
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