Ten Things I Believe
1) Kindness is more likely to achieve the results we want than any other strategy.
2) Today is the only day that we have--our memories of yesterday and our hopes for tomorrow can frame our experience of today but should not obscure it.
3) Wisdom is often available in unexpected places- if we are looking.
4) Earn your keep. There are many ways of doing this, not always obvious.
5) The arts are essential to human life.
6) It is almost always better to be honest. Honesty doesn't require cruelty.
7) The idea that we already know most everything there is to know or that there is
little yet undiscovered is not only wrong but terribly limiting.
8) Looking at the world and seeing it are not necessarily the same.
9) Giving is much better than getting.
10) Shared experiences with other people- food, laughter, storytelling, music, work- are among the best things we experience as humans.
Not that there are only ten things to believe of course
2) Today is the only day that we have--our memories of yesterday and our hopes for tomorrow can frame our experience of today but should not obscure it.
3) Wisdom is often available in unexpected places- if we are looking.
4) Earn your keep. There are many ways of doing this, not always obvious.
5) The arts are essential to human life.
6) It is almost always better to be honest. Honesty doesn't require cruelty.
7) The idea that we already know most everything there is to know or that there is
little yet undiscovered is not only wrong but terribly limiting.
8) Looking at the world and seeing it are not necessarily the same.
9) Giving is much better than getting.
10) Shared experiences with other people- food, laughter, storytelling, music, work- are among the best things we experience as humans.
Not that there are only ten things to believe of course
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