Abecedarian : Always Remember : June 21, 2023

June 21, 2023

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The only thing to remember is …

to keep dodging at random
change the subject completely
that what works best for you is what works best, period
not to move when danger is near
what should be left undone
to buy flowers and buy them as often as possible
that, God bless them, they are vulgarians
that you must take sensible precautions, most of which are blindingly obvious
that whatever you do to one side of the equation, you must also do to the other
to go totally
that you have to cock the hammer before you squeeze the trigger
to run faster than the other person; that’s just good enough
that bad points will be emphasized just as strongly as good ones
to keep it free of lumps
that if you want to double back on yourself it takes a bit of time to cancel out your inertia
to keep the decimal points aligned
to speak idea-wise, not sentence-wise
that both history and future are only propositions and descriptions - the only real action is now
to subtract backward
if you love then all sacrifice is okay
prompt treatment often saves much suffering
never to look directly at the sun
that you can't be half right
self-preservation
the Tetragrammaton
to keep the shape fairly simple
that there are no rules
that a limp carrot is a very old carrot
that the primary motivation comes from the familiar properties of “less than or equal to” and not “less than”
a bond is created as soon as the pieces touch each other
don't fly too close to anything else
the old principle of harmony
that we all put on an act from time to time, but there is no point in putting on an act before God
memory cannot be taken as literally true
that personal gains should neither be contradictory to divine rules nor cost losses to others
not to set the voltage on the transformer too high
don’t commit the same mistakes again and again
to be balanced between activity and inactivity
you've got to win the war
not to give too much
to remain a witness
to take a sure aim
that souffles wait for no one
the honesty, the sincerity
to make sure the calculator is in the right mode
you're the one who's supposed to be on top
not to overdo it
that it isn’t and can't be November
that "you were looking for a job when you found that one.”
never to waste a potential source of food
when it’s long, use the length
be alert
to make more than you think you will need
don’t become the mask
to always demand to speak to someone in charge who is high enough up to be able to make spontaneous
decisions on your behalf
don't be worried about others' motivations
not to apologize and to wear something white
that being innocent and appearing innocent are two entirely different things
the silence, the equilibrium, the balance, the integrity
it is usually best to "start small"
never to lose sight of the basics
that you can’t turn back on yourself
to look up and not look down
always be a lady, no matter how bad it hurts
that you must act young and innocent
that once you start giving prizes away, if you stop them, you're apt to stop the flow of questions
don’t expend all your creative energies trying to get comfortable
stay away from the front windows and don’t put any lights on
not to meet their approaches with a similar rebuff
if you're going to wait, you'll wait, and if you aren't, you weren't ever in love anyway
that we have to speculate, if we are to have a rule for our conduct at all, that in one sense life itself rests on speculation, since it is always directed to ends not yet realized—so that the practical question is hardly whether we shall speculate or no, but whether we shall speculate wisely, comprehensively, consistently and well
not to take yourself too seriously
dreams
that if you like it as much as I do make a bit more to allow for eating some as you go along
that when you cross a field and go through a gate, leave the gate as you found it. That is a cardinal rule; do not forget it

[Tidbits gathered through the course of our research. See the remarkable collection, entitled Bullet Lists.]

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