SOME LIFE LESSONS FROM MY DAUGHTER NATASHA

1. Perfection does not come at the end of practice.  Perfection comes from not ending the practice.
2. When you lose yourself, you lose everything else.
3. The beginning of a child’s education will be the beginning of the end of her curiosity and creativity.
4. If it is easy then it is not charity.
5. If you love your work, you don’t mind how hot it is or how tired you are.
6. The dumbest decision of adults is one kids will easily recognize as dumb.
7. Something does not become valuable just because a lot of time and effort was spent making it.
8. Loose values are more dangerous than loose firearms.
9. As mortals, we are all cellmates on death row.
10. You can’t wait forever thinking of your next best move.
11. This world would be a much better, more peaceful place to live in if it were run by children according to their rules and reasoning. 
12. If you think young, all the cells in your body will act young.
13. If you don’t intend to do something well, don’t do it at all.
14. In a fight, a smart weakling or pushover who uses his brain can beat a brainless bully who just uses his body.
15. Marriage is a continuous and lifetime process of loving and knowing and loving each other.
16. Dogs are more loyal to their masters than people. They never change masters, unlike friends, even best friends.
17. Success doesn’t depend on the size of one’s dance floor but the size of one’s determination.
18. Seeing starts in the mind, not in the eyes.
19. All you need to succeed in life are passion and determination, not your five senses.