Humor 9/29/97: 25 Lessons in Life

Hi everyone,

Welcome to my weekly humor email for those of you who are new to it, and
welcome back to some of you whose email addresses I've finally updated.
If you send me a personal email, I'll write you back. Please send your
emails to me at my JUNO account: joshli@juno.com.

For those of you who haven't heard, I am definately starting a project
in New York City this week. Potentially, I could be there all the way
to May of 1998. I may finish earlier than that. I'll be working for a
company on 27th Street and Madison Ave, in Manhattan. For my New York
friends, or anyone else with some good advice concerning apartment
rentals in New York, please give me your thoughts on the following
question: "Should I try to rent an apartment within walking distance of
the company's office, or should I rent a nice place somewhere else in
Manhattan and just take the subway to work?" Do you have any
recommendations of areas or even specific apartment buildings? I'm
probably looking for a fully-furnished, month-to-month corporate
apartment.

This week's recommendation for movie, CD, book or something else is the
movie "The Peacemakers", with George Clooney. Air Force One is better,
but this film is pretty good. Go see it if you get a chance.

Okay, let's get to the humor email. It's not exactly humor, but I think
it's interesting. Thanks to Vivian Chiang for forwarding it to us. Pay
special attention to # 14. (My roommate and I will be organizing a
ballroom dancing session in later October. Probably Swing. I'll send
out more details in a few weeks).

Take care and keep in touch!

-Josh.
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Emery Styron, publisher of the Mount Pleasant News sent the following
message to the high
school graduating class in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. The wisdom in the
editorial is timeless and
just as useful in now as it was when published in May.
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ATTENTION GRADUATES: There is the kind of education you get in school
and the kind you get
afterward. Both are important. Put them together, and you have
wisdom. The trouble is, life
is generally half over before you figure out what is going on.
Graduating seniors can save 25
years of trial, error and hard knocks by memorizing the lessons of life
listed below.

On the average, you learn about one big lesson per year after you leave
high school.
In really tough years, you learn two or three. Some years, you don't
learn anything. After
40, you forget things and have to learn them again.

Some of this information is borrowed. Some is stolen. Some may
even be original, but
that's doubtful. It's pretty hard to be original in a world as old as
this one.

25 Things You'll Need to Know After High School

1. Don't sweat the small stuff, and remember, most stuff is small.

2. The most boring word in any language is "I".

3. Nobody is indispensable, especially you.

4. Life is full of surprises. Just say "never" and you'll see.

5. People are more important than things.

6. Persistence will get you almost anything eventually.

7. Nobody can make you happy. Most folks are about as happy as
they make up their minds
to be.

8. There's so much bad in the best of us and so much good in the
worst of us that it
doesn't behoove any of us to talk about the rest of us.

9. Live by what you trust, not by what you fear.

10. Character counts. Family matters.

11. Eating out with small children isn't worth it, even if someone
else is buying.

12. If you want to have kids until you can afford them, you probably
never will.

13. Baby kittens don't begin to open their eyes for six weeks after
birth. Men generally
take about 26 years.

14. The world would run a lot smoother if more men knew how to
dance.

15. Television ruins more minds than drugs.

16. Sometimes there is more to gain in being wrong than right.

17. Life is so much simpler when you tell the truth.

18. People who do the world's real work don't usually wear neckties.

19. A good joke beats a pill for a lot of ailments.

20. There are no substitutes for fresh air, sunshine and exercise.

21. A smile is the cheapest way to improve your looks, even if your
teeth are crooked.

22. May you live life so there is standing room only at your
funeral.

23. Mothers always know best, but sometimes fathers know, too.

24. Forgive yourself, your friends and your enemies. You're all
only human.

25. If you don't do anything else in life, love someone and let
someone love you.