Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster. Your life will never be the same again.
I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters.
Never eat more than you can lift.
But be, as you have been, my happiness...
Listen. Do not have an opinion while you listen because frankly, your opinion doesn?t hold much water outside of Your Universe. Just listen. Listen until their brain has been twisted like a dripping towel and what they have to say is all over the floor.
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.
You're dealing with the demon of external validation. You can't beat external validation. You want to know why? Because it feels sooo good.