My Life Rules -The MLR Manifesto

THE MLR Manifesto

MLR is a movement. 

MLR is a choice 

To be positive.
To focus on the good and not the bad. 

To be real. 

To choose your attitude. 

To let the bad go, learn from it, and move on. 

To live in the moment. 

To embrace life. 

To live life to the fullest, without regard for the consequences. 

To be true. 

To be a beacon of light to those in need.

To be encouraging.  

To be the helping hand and the listening ear. 

To be supportive.

To be positive. 

This is not to say that people who adhere to MLR do not occasionally have moments where they get down, or get negative. We're all human, we're not perfect. It happens, but try (and the effort is key) to move past, to not dwell, to learn - let go - and move on. This is also not to say that we don't give our friends a hard time, iron sharpens iron; My friends accomplishments make me happy, and that makes my life rule. 

My name is Zac, and My Life Rules. What’s your name? I bet YLR. 

Here I go sounding like Tony Robbins again

So I hear a lot of people saying "FML" these days (FML stands for F*** My Life). I'm against that. First off you should never think that, because life is precious and if you need someone to talk to there are people out there. And secondly and more importantly, why focus on the negative. 

For example: 

This week I had my tonsils taken out. So I could say, "Oh my throat hurts, FML." Or I could be like, "I had my tonsils out and I get to lay around all week, MLR!" Which is what I propose as the opposite and combative equivalent to FML. 

MLR stands for My Life Rules. Because even in the darkest of times, your life does rule. Why focus on the negative aspects of life. There are so many things to be thankful for. "I woke up today, MLR!" "I have a car, MLR!" "I have a job, MLR!" etc. 

And if you think about it, the toughest times, and the darkest days always make the best memories. When my band's van broke down in New Mexico 3 years ago and we had to drive 27 hours across the country to come home and get it fixed we were all down, but now it's 3 years later and I still look back on that and think, "MLR" At the time it was awful, but even a week later we were all bragging about how bad ass we were. 

MLR is not to be used sarcastically, it's to be used when you truly mean it.

Examples: 

"I just got paid, MLR!" 

"Dude I just called Stacy and she wants to hang out, MLR!" 

"YO! I got the job, MLR!" 

"Class of 2009, MLR!" 

So in summation, My name is Zac, I just had my tonsils out and MLR. And so does yours. 

NOTE: MLR can also be used as OLR (Our Lives Rule) or YLR (Your Life Rules)