Good Advice

[Alex]

Originally Posted by blueerica

And it's OK to spend $3 on a bottle of Voss sparkling. Really, it is. Try it.

Can't agree with this one. Putting water into single serving containers and then shipping it halfway around the world is among the stupider things we do.

Flush $3 down the toilet and then drink tap water. That too is ok.

[blueerica]

If flushing $3 pleases someone, then it really might be OK.

[Strangler Lewis]

I always liked this one:

Desiderata, by Max Ehrmann

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexatious to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

I always liked this one:

Desiderata, by Max Ehrmann

So that's what Deteriorata was inspired by! I never knew that, thank you. (seriously)

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Stand on principle, but not to the point where it becomes a pyrrhic victory. You may be right, but if you're the one who ends up being punished because you couldn't just let something go, then it doesn't matter.

More imporantly, even if you puruse it to the point of being a Pyrrhic victory, don't actually call it that to anybody you know because they'll probably make fun of you. And three years later your boss will probably still be joking about how "I don't use big words like..."

Not that I'd know or anything.

(and if you do that, then definitely don't the next day use bacchanalia in conversation.)

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Alex

(and if you do that, then definitely don't the next day use bacchanalia in conversation.)

I would however recommend having a reason to use bacchanalia in conversation often in life.

[Not Afraid]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I would however recommend having a reason to use bacchanalia in conversation often in life.

No? I think I'd have to disagree. I think life should be one long bacchanalia.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

No? I think I'd have to disagree. I think life should be one long bacchanalia.

I remember having to look that word up when I saw A Christmas Story for the first time.

[blueerica]

Fresh, hot-from-the-oven pizza is awesome. Fresh, hot-from-the-oven pizza sucks when the molten lava cheese wrecks your mouth.

So, it's generally best to wait and savor than to hurry up and not be able to taste all the deliciousness.

[Capt Jack]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I remember having to look that word up when I saw A Christmas Story for the first time.

I remember having to look that word up....just now, and being quite pleased with its meaning. I especially like how 'orgiastic' was used in the definition I found.

I think its one I may use often from now on. Much like how 'hedonist' and 'swank' were added to my vocabulary