lessons

I receive an email each day from OA. It is usually based on the big book and each author describes what she is learning about life.
The author offered the following basic life lessons yesterday:
1. Today is all I've got. Stay in the present.
2. Prioritize. Do first things first.
3. Ask God to direct my thinking and my actions..
4. I cannot change other people, places, or things.
5. Focus on what's good in life, and the good will increase.
6. Say please, thank you, and hug if it is appropriate.
7. Don't eat no matter what. No matter what, don't eat.
8. If what I am doing isn't working, change what I am doing.
9. Prayer changes things.
10. Share it or lose it.
11. Be of service to others.
12. God can solve all my problems.
13. It works if you work it.

That got me to thinking. What are the basic lessons I've learned throughout life? The basic lessons that keep my life running as smoothly as possible, the lessons that are indispensable to my well-being? So, I present this to my readers: what are your basic life lessons? I'd like to know. Please send me an email at ali_downs@yahoo.com or a message on facebook. Let me know if I may post your insight on the blog and if you would like your list anonymous or with your first name attached.