A few things I have learned

If you want to be a writer, then you have to write. This isn't great wisdom, but you'd be surprised the number of people who don't get it.

Money can destroy you and your relationships faster than drugs. Either lack of or too much with no wisdom is equally as deadly.

True friends support you. They are rare. Cherish them.

Have a relationship with God. Don't get this one wrong. Your life will be better -- your life will be better if you do. Don't let other people and what they believe and/or do get between you and God.

There's a lot to be said for being silent.

If you can laugh at your problems, you've taken the first step to defeating them.

Have a savings account. Put money in with each paycheck.

Have some time for yourself. Quiet time. A cup of tea and a book. Walking in the park. Watching the sun rise. Or set. All of these can renew your soul.

Watch your back. Some people are there because they're supporting you. Other people are looking for the best place to slip in the knife.

Science can only take us so far. We've let our technology outrun our wisdom. A slow, steady rise is better than a catastrophic fall. At the same time, we shouldn't close our eyes to what science can offer us.

Don't throw the baby out with the dishwater. Every single worthy thing has its problems. It's not a perfect world, but we can make it better.

We are not the most important things in the world. Our children and their children and their children's children and so on -- they are. We simply rent this earth. We do not own it, and we shouldn't make decisions thinking that they only affect us.

Life is too short to live in bitterness.

There is always hope. It is the single most indestructible thing in the world. That's what makes it so dangerous.

Every kindness we do to our family and friends is worthy, whether it's appreciated or not.

What you get isn't as important as what you give. But what you give is often what you get.

And that's it for tonight.

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