{"id":659,"date":"2014-05-24T09:30:29","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T13:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=659"},"modified":"2014-05-24T18:37:35","modified_gmt":"2014-05-24T22:37:35","slug":"twenty-five-principles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=659","title":{"rendered":"THE HIGHER LIFE &#8211; 25 PRINCIPLES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Live-Higher-11x14-jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-666\" alt=\"Live Higher 11x14 jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Live-Higher-11x14-jpg-1024x843.jpg\" width=\"474\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Live-Higher-11x14-jpg-1024x843.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Live-Higher-11x14-jpg-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><strong>Life mastery is not difficult once we believe in its possibility and also desire to achieve it. Following are my top 25 principles for living a\u00a0higher life and I\u00a0hope you find them to be a helpful guide:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Worry Less &#8211; Laugh More<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Sit Less &#8211; Move More<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Analyze Less \u2013 Feel More<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Text Less \u2013 Talk More<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Work Less &#8211; Volunteer More<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Complicate Less \u2013 Simplify More<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Rest Less &#8211; Sleep More<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Conceal Less &#8211; Discover More<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Discriminate Less &#8211; Understand More<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Complain Less \u2013 Appreciate More<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Consume Less \u2013 Give More<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Waste Less \u2013 Save More<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Think Less \u2013 Act More<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Abuse Less \u2013 Support More<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Eat Less \u2013 Taste More<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Critique Less &#8211; Love More<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Follow Less \u2013 Lead More<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Amuse Less &#8211; Learn More<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Blame Less \u2013 Value More<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Control Less \u2013 Flow More<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Doubt Less -Trust More<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Hesitate Less &#8211; Risk More<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Watch Less &#8211; Read More<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Resist Less &#8211; Accept More<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Plead Less &#8211; Pray More<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=659&amp;share=facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" id=\"sharing-facebook-659\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=659&amp;share=twitter\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" id=\"sharing-twitter-659\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=659&amp;share=linkedin\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" id=\"sharing-linkedin-659\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=659&amp;share=pinterest\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span>Pinterest<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-stumbleupon\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-stumbleupon sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=659&amp;share=stumbleupon\" title=\"Click to share on StumbleUpon\"><span>StumbleUpon<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=659&amp;share=google-plus-1\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\" id=\"sharing-google-659\"><span>Google<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=659&amp;share=email\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='sharedaddy sd-block sd-like jetpack-likes-widget-wrapper jetpack-likes-widget-unloaded' id='like-post-wrapper-64841909-659-69e017af9ea7b' data-src='\/\/widgets.wp.com\/likes\/#blog_id=64841909&amp;post_id=659&amp;origin=ourlifepurpose.com&amp;obj_id=64841909-659-69e017af9ea7b' data-name='like-post-frame-64841909-659-69e017af9ea7b'><h3 class='sd-title'>Like this:<\/h3><div class='likes-widget-placeholder post-likes-widget-placeholder' style='height:55px'><span class='button'><span>Like<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"loading\">Loading...<\/span><\/div><span class='sd-text-color'><\/span><a class='sd-link-color'><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life mastery is not difficult once we believe in its possibility and also desire to achieve it. Following are my top 25 principles for living a\u00a0higher life and I\u00a0hope you find them to be a helpful guide: Worry Less &#8211; Laugh More Sit Less &#8211; Move More Analyze Less \u2013 Feel More Text Less \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=659&amp;share=facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" id=\"sharing-facebook-659\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=659&amp;share=twitter\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\" id=\"sharing-twitter-659\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=659&amp;share=linkedin\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\" id=\"sharing-linkedin-659\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=659&amp;share=pinterest\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span>Pinterest<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-stumbleupon\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-stumbleupon sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=659&amp;share=stumbleupon\" title=\"Click to share on StumbleUpon\"><span>StumbleUpon<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=659&amp;share=google-plus-1\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\" id=\"sharing-google-659\"><span>Google<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/?p=659&amp;share=email\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,14,9,6,17,5,16,10,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-life-of-values","category-inspirations","category-mastering-the-difficult","category-paths-to-happiness","category-rational-thinking","category-renewal-and-transformation","category-the-great-balancing-act","category-the-simpler-life","category-unifying-principles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=659"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":667,"href":"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659\/revisions\/667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlifepurpose.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}