... har det varit idag. Ruggigt och ruskigt. Hundarna har fått haft fleecefodrade regnjackor på sig. Ja, inte Stora Luren som fick ta en långjogging med husse (det gäller att bibehålla formen:) i busvädret. Men alla tyckte de att det var skönt att komma in. Bredde ut fuskfällen framför den sprakande brasan i kaminen och som fredagsmys - efter maten - fick alla hundarna ett litet nasse-öra att knapra på. Och då var det inte så tokigt längre, med höstrusk utanför...

av Dalai Lama, kom Sofia hem med idag från skolan. Så enkelt, men ändå så svårt. Och så sant. Läs och lär:)

Dalai Lamas Instructions for life

1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

2. When you lose, don´t lose the lesson.

3. Follow the three R:s:

Respect for oneself.

Respect for others and

Responsibility for all your actions.

4. Remember that not getting what you want, is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.

6. Don´t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

7.  When you realize you´ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

8. Spend some time alone every day.

9. Open your arms to change, but don´t let go of your values.

10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

11. Live a good, honorable life.

Then when you get older and think

back you´ll be able to enjoy it a second time.

12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.

13. In disagreements with loved

ones, deal only with the current

situation.  Don´t bring up the past.

14. Share your knowledge It's a

way to achieve immortality.

15. Be gentle with the earth.

16. Once a year, go someplace you´ve never been before.

17. Remember that the best

relationship is one in which your

love for each other exceeds your

need for each other.

18. Judge your success by what you

had to give up in order to get it.

19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.