Adapted from Charles Bukowski's Top 10 List for Living a Kick-Ass Life (click on this sentence to view original list).
1. Don't settle.
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the grave where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
2. Love yourself.
He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who cherishes understanding prospers.
Proverbs 19:8
3. Live life to its fullest.
You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
Psalm 16:11
4. Don't fear pain. Without it, you can't experience happiness.
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
James 1:12
5. Be your own unique self and shamelessly express it in all you do.
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is - his good, pleasing, and perfect will.
Romans 11:20
6. You're stronger than you think.
Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Isaiah 40:31
7. Don't fear death.
Death has been swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?
1 Corinthians 15:54-55
8. Have confidence in yourself.
So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?"
Hebrews 13:6
9. There are much worse things than loneliness.
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Psalm 147:3
10. Life happens. Don't always take it so seriously.
So I commend the enjoyment of life, because nothing is better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany him in his work all the days of the life God has given him under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 8:15
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