What Are The 21 Lotus Touts?

• ONE. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
• TWO. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.
• THREE. Don’t believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.
• FOUR. When you say, ‘I love you,’ mean it.
• FIVE. When you say, ‘I’m sorry,’ look the person in the eye.
• SIX. Be engaged at least six months before you get married.
• SEVEN. Believe in love at first sight.
• EIGHT. Never laugh at anyone’s dreams. People who don’t have dreams don’t have much.
• NINE… Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it’s the only way to live life completely.
• TEN. In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.
• ELEVEN. Don’t judge people by their relatives.

• TWELVE. Talk slowly but think quickly.
• THIRTEEN. When someone asks you a question you don’t want to answer, smile and ask, ‘Why do you want to know?’
• FOURTEEN. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
• FIFTEEN. Say ‘bless you’ when you hear someone sneeze.
• SIXTEEN. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
• SEVENTEEN. Remember the three R’s: Respect for self; Respect for others; and Responsibility for all your actions.
• EIGHTEEN. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
• NINETEEN. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
• TWENTY. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.
• TWENTY- ONE. Spend some time alone.

*The meaning of Lotus Touts: Lotus Touts supposedly means "Good Luck" which is a phrase supposedly used by the British.

 Source: Of questionable origin; a perennial e-mail spam originally believed to be used as an e-mail address 'phishing' scheme, to wit: once you opened the "Lotus Touts" e-mail a 'computer cookie' (used for gathering and transmitting information) was installed into your browser, when you 'forwarded' the e-mail a copy of your e-mail addressees was sent to the original creator of this 'chain e-mail' (usually a spammer or address seller).