In the mid-1990s, Get It Yet? started as a poster of eight guidelines for living a good life that the author posted on the wall of his home library. Those eight guidelines came together as a result of his reading the early great philosophers, the holy writings of the major religions, and a comparative study of fifteen versions of the Bible. The guidelines are: "What you sow . . . is what you will reap" "Do unto others . . . as you would have others do unto you" "As you judge . . . you will be judged" "As you forgive . . . you will be forgiven" "As you accuse . . . you will be accused" "As you condemn . . . you will be condemned" "What goes around . . . comes around" "Every action . . . has an opposite and equal reaction" After compiling the guidelines, he began observing how people interacted with each other, positively or not; he began viewing the guidelines as "rules" for "the game of life" This book can positively impact your life and help to guide your interactions with people. You can become the role model for everyone whose path you cross and become a transformative agent by spreading this basic universal message.

Get It Yet?

Everyday Rules for the Game of LifeBy A. Hugh Schintzius

iUniverse, Inc.

Copyright © 2009 A. Hugh Schintzius, Ed.B., M.Ed.
All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4401-5952-7

Contents

INTRODUCTION..........................xiGENERAL RULES.........................1LOVE..................................7RESPECT...............................25GROW..................................39PLAY..................................49LEAD..................................55WORK..................................67CONFLICT..............................83CHARITY...............................95SUMMMARY..............................101MY PERSONAL RULES.....................119

Chapter One

GENERAL RULES

What goes around ... comes around.

As you do to others ... others will do to you.

What you sow ... is what you will reap.

The result of every action ... is an equal and opposite reaction.

As you judge ... you will be judged.

As you condemn ... you will be condemned.

As you accuse ... you will be accused.

An eye for an eye ... a tooth for a tooth.

What you plant ... is what you harvest.

Plant rice ... harvest rice.

Plant a cupful ... harvest several cupfuls.

Plant a bushelful ... harvest many bushelfuls.

Plant a little ... harvest a little.

Plant a lot ... harvest a lot.

Plant nothing ... harvest nothing.

Plant a variety ... harvest a variety.

The earlier in the season that you plant ... the earlier that you will harvest.

The earlier in your lifetime that you do something for someone ... the earlier in your lifetime that someone will do something for you.

Plant a weed ... gather many weeds.

Plant a green pepper seed ... harvest many green peppers.

Plant a yellow pepper seed ... harvest many yellow peppers.

Plant a red pepper seed ... harvest many red peppers.

LOVE

Plant a cherry tree seed ... and, after some years ... and for many years ... gather many cherries.

Be loving toward someone ... have someone be loving toward you.

Be loving toward many ... have many be loving toward you.

As you forgive ... you will be forgiven.

Forgive many ... be forgiven by many.

Never forgive someone ... have someone never forgive you.

Do something for someone ... have someone do something for you.

The more that you do for someone ... the more that someone will do for you.

What you do to someone ... someone will do to you.

Speak kindly of someone ... have someone speak kindly of you.

Help someone in need ... have someone help you when you are in need.

Help many who are in need ... be helped by many in your times of need.

Assist someone ... be assisted by someone.

Make someone blissful ... have someone make you blissful.

Be a brother/sister to someone ... have someone be a brother/sister to you.

Be there for someone in the time of their sorrow ... have someone be there in the time of your sorrow.

Compliment someone ... be complimented by someone.

Be a sincere companion to someone ... have someone be a sincere companion to you.

Show compassion toward someone ... have someone show compassion toward you.

Be considerate toward someone ... have someone be considerate toward you.

Help an elderly person ... have someone help you when you are elderly.

Comfort someone who grieves the loss of a loved one ... be comforted by someone when you grieve the loss of a loved one.

Flirt with someone to get something you want from her/him ... have someone flirt with you to get something she/he wants from you.

Give someone a gift from your heart ... have someone give you a gift from his/her heart.

Be heartless toward someone ... have someone be heartless toward you.

Make public an indiscretion of someone ... have someone make public an indiscretion of yours.

Be inflexible in your relationship with someone ... have someone be inflexible in his/her relationship with you.

Be kind to someone ... have someone be kind to you.

Bring a little joy into someone's life ... have someone bring a little joy into your life.

Leer at someone ... have someone leer at you.

Praise someone for her/his good efforts ... have someone praise you for your good efforts.

Pick someone up when he/she is down ... have someone pick you up when you are down.

Provide a shoulder for someone to lean on ... have someone provide a shoulder for you to lean on.

Give pleasure to someone ... have someone give you pleasure.

Be patient with someone ... have someone be patient with you.

Treat someone poorly ... have someone treat you poorly.

Possess someone ... have someone possess you.

Invade someone's privacy ... have someone invade your privacy.

Help someone be successful at something ... have someone help you be successful at something.

Spread scandal about someone ... have someone spread scandal about you.

Share your wisdom with someone ... have someone share his/her wisdom with you.

Be warmhearted toward someone ... have someone be warmhearted toward you.

Kiss someone and tell others whom you have kissed ... have someone kiss you and tell others about you.

Put the charm on someone to take advantage of them ... have someone put the charm on you to take advantage of you.

Intentionally break someone's heart ... have someone intentionally break your heart.

Knowingly give someone a social disease ... have someone knowingly give you a social disease.

Mistreat someone because of his/her sexual orientation ... have someone mistreat you because of your sexual orientation.

Get someone drunk and take advantage of her/him ... have someone get you drunk and take advantage of you.

Seduce someone for your pleasure against his/her desire ... have someone seduce you for his/her pleasure against your desire.

Unfairly accuse someone of sexual harassment ... be unfairly accused by someone of sexual harassment.

Rape someone ... be raped by someone.

Treat your significant other as an equal ... have your significant other treat you as an equal.

Demand your spousal right to pleasure against the desire of your spouse ... have your spouse demand his/her spousal right for pleasure against your desire.

Be faithful to your spouse ... have your spouse be faithful to you.

Have an affair with another person that hurts your spouse ... your spouse will have an affair that will hurt you.

Break a commitment you have made to someone ... have someone break a commitment she/he has made to you.

Henpeck your spouse ... be henpecked by your spouse.

Be a good, loving parent ... be given good, loving parents.

Be disobedient to your parents ... have children who will be disobedient to you.

Neglect your children ... be neglected by your children.

Be an unruly teenager ... have your teenagers be unruly toward you.

Ignore your parents in their old age ... have your children ignore you in your old age.

Father a child and not take responsibility for lovingly raising that child ... have someone father you and not take responsibility for lovingly raising you.

Mother a child and not take responsibility for lovingly raising that child ... have someone mother you and not take responsibility for lovingly raising you.

Get a girl/woman pregnant and leave her with the responsibility of raising the child alone ... have someone get you pregnant and leave you with the responsibility of raising the child alone.

RESPECT

Annoy someone ... be annoyed by someone.

Abuse someone ... be abused by someone.

Abuse many ... be abused by many.

Treat someone in an ignorant manner ... have someone treat you in an ignorant manner.

Have an attitude toward someone ... someone will have an attitude toward you.

Ask embarrassing questions of someone ... have someone ask embarrassing questions of you.

Ask embarrassing questions of many ... have many ask embarrassing questions of you.

Wrongly accuse someone ... be wrongly accused by someone.

Take advantage of someone ... have someone take advantage of you.

How you take advantage of someone ... is how someone will take advantage of you.

Beat up on someone ... have someone beat up on you.

Betray the confidence that someone shares with you ... have someone betray the confidence you share with him/her.

Bore someone to death ... be bored to death by someone.

Borrow something from someone and forget to return it to her/him ... have someone borrow something from you and forget to return it to you.

Be intentionally bothersome to someone ... have someone be intentionally bothersome to you.

Bully someone ... have someone bully you.

Blame someone for your mistakes ... have someone blame you for his/her mistakes.

Call someone a name ... have someone call you a name.

Be bullheaded with someone ... have someone be bullheaded with you.

Be brutally candid with someone ... have someone be brutally candid with you.

Be careless toward someone ... have someone be careless toward you.

Be callous toward someone ... have someone be callous toward you.

Be catty toward someone ... have someone be catty toward you.

Be caustic toward someone ... have someone be caustic toward you.

Be chauvinistic toward someone ... have someone be chauvinistic toward you.

Cheat someone ... have someone cheat you.

Be uncivil toward someone ... have someone be uncivil toward you.

Make unfair claims against someone ... have someone make unfair claims against you.

Treat someone in a classy manner ... have someone treat you in a classy manner.

Speak coarse language to someone ... have someone speak coarse language to you.

Be cocky with someone ... have someone be cocky with you.

Intentionally confuse someone ... have someone intentionally confuse you.

Be contemptuous toward someone ... have someone be contemptuous toward you.

Corrupt someone ... have someone corrupt you.

Be courteous to someone ... have someone be courteous to you.

Be discourteous to someone ... have someone be discourteous to you.

Give credit where credit is due ... receive credit that is due to you.

Curse someone ... be cursed by someone.

Discriminate against someone because of the color of her/his skin ... have someone discriminate against you because of the color of your skin.

Delude someone ... have someone delude you.

Contribute to the delinquency of someone ... have someone contribute to your delinquency.

Dishonor someone ... be dishonored by someone.

Intentionally insult someone ... have someone intentionally insult you.

Be insensitive to what is offensive to someone ... have someone be insensitive to what is offensive to you.

Laugh at someone's faults ... have someone laugh at your faults.

Manipulate someone for your advantage ... have someone manipulate you for her/his advantage.

Be prejudiced toward someone ... have someone be prejudiced toward you.

Be racist toward someone ... have someone be racist toward you.

Be sexist toward someone ... have someone be sexist toward you.

Be understanding of someone ... have someone be understanding of you.

Treat someone poorly because she/he is different ... have someone treat you poorly because you are different.

Urinate on the toilet seat ... find urine on the seat when you need to sit.

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