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[[Be good company]]. You only have four score and seven on this planet, so for Christ’s sake try and enjoy them. Don’t talk about yourself all the time, and certainly don’t go on about your problems. Sub-maxim: ''Seek out people who are good company''. Don’t waste your precious time on whiners. | [[Be good company]]. You only have four score and seven on this planet, so for Christ’s sake try and enjoy them. Don’t talk about yourself all the time, and certainly don’t go on about your problems. Sub-maxim: ''Seek out people who are good company''. Don’t waste your precious time on whiners. | ||
If you challenge | [[Be a contrarian]]. But be prepared to stand in the cold. It’s lonely being a contrarian. If you challenge a popular, bad idea that happens to be liberal that doesn't make you a conservative, or vice versa. Be prepared to walk a lonely path: be wary of seeking shelter in the company of those who happen to be aligned against whoever you’re challenging. | ||
The glass is half full. Always. Whoever you are. Wherever you are. ''For Christ’s sake, buck up''. | {{maxim|The glass is half full.}} Always. Whoever you are. Wherever you are. If you have time, resources and cognitive ability to be reading this, you’re one of the lucky ones. ''For Christ’s sake, buck up''. | ||
[[Pray for peace. Prepare for survival]]. | [[Pray for peace. Prepare for survival]]. From the military school of life. Expect people to be jerks, and you won’t be so upset about it. People are jerks. | ||
[[Coin metaphors]]. Be figurative. | [[Coin metaphors]]. Be figurative. | ||