ABUNDANCE
HEALTH
ARTICLE
Golden Rules
for Earth’s
GOLDEN AGE
By Joy Rae Freeman
RULE 1: You remember the Golden Rule
– we all learned it in grade school – “Do
unto others as you would have them do
unto you.” That’s still a pretty good for-
mula for life. If you never treat anyone
with cruelty, disrespect or disregard and
everyone else does the same thing, the
world would certainly be a better place.
RULE 1B: (Revised) “Treat Others As
They Would Prefer to Be Treated.” Don’t
assume everyone wants the same as
you. Now we have to be careful to specify
the nature of the behavior. For instance,
if you are a talkative, outgoing, warm,
touchy, affectionate type and you like a
lot of verbal and physical interaction, you
may expect that from others. But you
may not get that reciprocated and oth-
ers may not appreciate that from you.
Some prefer less verbal communication
and may feel their boundaries are being
violated if someone talks too much, asks
too many questions, touches them or
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