The only sort of advice I remember people actually giving me is straightforward things like - "Dump the jerk", "don't mix beer & liquor when drinking", and "don't sit too close to the tv, you'll ruin your eyes". All useful, but not really profound. These are 3 other pieces of advice I have picked up along the way. Mostly from stuff I read.
"this too shall pass" - good, bad or indifferent, nothing lasts forever. Cherish the good, endure the bad & let the indifferent happen.
"treat others as you would like to be treated" - which is challenging when you are feeling very testy because the stupid phone system has hung upon you twice and you have been on hold for a total of over 40 minutes in an attempt to convince your satellite provider the receiver they gave you is a piece of crap. You end up muttering it like a mantra while having evil thoughts.
"don't slam the door on your way out" - you never know when you might have to go in & face everyone again later.
Friday, July 21, 2006
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3 comments:
All great pieces of advice--both the practical and the profound!
Gee! We must hang around the same people because those things were said to me too!
Words to live by. And I didn't sit too close to the TV (I got that one too) but my eyes are still ruined. There's no justice!
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