Over the last 8 weeks, I think I have learned a lot. This is a very short list of some of those things. Credit has to be given to Lauren for number 5, and apologies to Clare for contradiction in 10!
1) Find your place in life. If all you know is your place, then you know a lot.
2) True friendship is realised not when you trust 100% what your friends say to you, but when you trust 100% what you say to your friends.
3) Speak slowly. If your words are interesting enough, the world will wait to listen.
4) Always say thank you, even if you’re not sure why. It is never the wrong thing to say.
5) Listen to Foy Vance, “First of July”, at least once in your life.
6) Remember that the middle of the road is not always the safest stand-point. When you take a position that is middle of the road, you are twice as likely to get hit.
7) See the 4th of July fireworks from the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Mall.
8 ) Time is the best remedy of all. Unfortunately, it is also one of our scarcest resources.
9) Measure wealth on the ability to entertain yourself in times of solitude, not with the richness of your goods, but the richness of your thoughts.
10) End lists on even numbers. There is much to be said for doing what people expect.
