25 Things I’ve Learned in Life So Far: Wisdumb For the Ages
by Karen Z. unless otherwise noted.
1. Always smile and say hello to those you pass on a hiking trail. You have something important in common.
2. Learn how to tell time by the sun’s location or a clock tower’s toll. Time is not on your wrist.
3. Always wear your eye glasses on a job interview.
4. Never, unless in extenuating circumstances, run to make a subway.
5. Always dance if there is a dancefloor. Sitting out never induces an onlooker’s smile, while your horrid moves will.
6. Musical taste is 99.9% a perfect judgment of one’s character, as is the style in which one drives an automobile.
7. If you don’t thrive in stressful circumstances, forethought and preventative action does wonders.
8. Tears are amazing. To think that pain, both physical and emotional, makes water leak from our eyes is kind of cool. Let em flow.
9. No effort is ever a waste of time.
10. Know that at least one person secretly loves you. Probably more.
11. Don’t feed negative thoughts; expel them quickly. There is enough adversity outside of your head.
12. Use “curse” words effectively in speech, like Elliott Smith songs or Catcher In The Rye.
13. Organized religion exploits a very natural desire to connect to something supreme and majestic. Science proves we already are.
14. Complaining is annoying and a futile way to spend a moment. (Wait, I just complained.)
15. “Beware of those who seek constant crowds for they are nothing alone.” – Charles Bukowski, The Genius of the Crowd
16. Beware of those who quote Bukowski.
17. If you are ever angry at someone, picture them in a peaceful sleep. There is something about this image that diminishes anger.
18. Coffee from a French press is a million times better than drip coffee. Fresh-squeezed orange juice is a million times better than Tropicana.
19. Fart jokes are funny. There I said it.
20. It is necessary to not skimp when purchasing these items: vanilla extract, cocoa powder, maple syrup, bedding, alcoholic drinks and high-heeled shoes.
21. Grammar counts.
22. “Never make a priority someone who considers you only an option.” – Author Unknown
23. Chaotic transportation hubs during the holidays, long lines and last call at a bar are sociologically unique and fascinating.
24. Never say in a cliche or catch phrase what you can say with your own words. But feel free to use a song.
25. “Don’t be timid.” – Supervisor, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Wa., 2000
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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – Santayana. It can be applied to so many aspects of global relations and personal life, I love it.
“Make rules for moods.”-Virginia Woolf
The world is not coming at you, it is coming from you.-Julianna
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