Hu's Wisdoms for Humanity
There are hundreds of especially valuable wisdoms, most of which have been said in slightly different ways by many different wise people over thousands of years.
In short, it is easy to spend a lifetime reading variants of the same wisdoms over and over from numerous different sources and get overly diverted from putting in the effort necessary to learn how to behave according to the lessons of the most important ones. There is nothing that you can read that will make your life any better... unless you ratchet down the searching and ratchet up the doing.
Below is a somewhat expanded list of the smallest set of especially powerful wisdoms that I once shared with my son to help him avoid this fate and to help keep him on his own path towards his best possible life. And I offer them to you in the hopes that they can serve the same purpose in your life.
Most wisdoms are highly conditional. In other words, in the wrong circumstances they teach exactly the worst advice possible. I believe you will find that all sixteen of "Hu's Wisdoms for Humanity" [lower on this page] provide superb guidance for almost every possible situation.
We are all born into different circumstances and thus have different potentials for what we may be able to do with our lives. But you do have a best possible life that is available to you when you do make the right choices and act on them: It is the life the future-you will be smiling at from your deathbed if the now-you is confident that you always, or usually, make the best choices available to you at every moment in your live.
Understanding these sixteen wisdoms properly should help you do that. It's like having a set of keys where one or more of the set will lead you to the best available choice in nearly every situation. BUT--- failing to understand even just one of them properly may fail to provide all guidance necessary.
See if you agree.
The hyperlinks will take you to brief summaries.
Number 01: Seek to grow your wisdom.
Number 02: Know the truth about wisdoms.
Number 03: Be your own best friend.
Number 04: Know the truth about suffering
Number 05: Life is not fair.
Number 06: Not suffering is not enough.
Number 07: Try your best.
Number 08: You can--- you must re-evaluate everything about your life after your childhood.
Number 09: Know your life goals and priorities. Keep an up-to-date life plan.
Number 10: Know the insight of diversity.
Number 11: Understand the difference between wants and needs.
Number 12: Understand the difference between information, knowledge and belief.
Number 13: Make a personal commitment to deliberate and sustained effort towards self-evolution.
Number 14: Align your life with your goals and priorities.
Number 15: Live in Earth-time whenever possible or necessary.
Number 16: On a path towards unconditional Love: The nearly inevitable result of living wisely.
Joy-of-Life Recovery Priorities for Adults/Parenting Priorities for Parents
In the ideal world we would all be raised by perfect parents, in perfect communities, in circumstances that feel safe and fair. Oh yeah, and we'd all be brilliant learners. But few people are so lucky.
Below are four critical priorities of knowledge that parents should be deliberate about teaching their kids. And if they weren't, consider them five categories that adults should teach themselves about if it feels like life isn't going the way you'd like.
Emotional Health
If your own thoughts work against you, life will be difficult no matter how many other blessings you earn or are handed.
Relational/Social Health
Two heads are always better than one. Unless they aren't. One must learn basic skills of getting along with others. Two ears and one mouth AND non-judgementalism are a terrific start.
Physical Health
Most of us are born healthy "enough". But failing to learn the basics necessary to remain physically healthy will accrue into no longer healthy "enough". A happy mind allows a body to flourish, but an unhappy body will exert increasing friction on emotional flourishing.
Financial Health
Most of us will reach financial independence. Money actually is "almost everything" because even if you achieve the first three healths you are experiencing unnecessary friction every day of your life if you do not learn to budget and save according to your income level.
Time Management Skills
Are you feeling overwhelmed in life? Can't find enough time to get everything done? Ever wondered how some people run two, four or more companies in the same 24 hour period? Prioritizing our time and tasks is a skill that should be part of our basic education... but isn't. Living in continual stress is not a good life choice.
A page with more details about the four priorities is here.