RULE 5
Know what counts and what doesn’t
Being here counts. Being kind and considerate counts. Getting through each day without seriously offending anyone or hurting anyone counts. Having the latest technology doesn’t.
Sorry, I don’t have a downer on technology. In fact, I probably have pretty much all the latest gizmos. I just (a) don’t overly rely too much on any of them and (b) see them all as useful tools rather than having any intrinsic meaning in themselves, in a status symbol or one-up-personship kind of way.
Doing something useful with your life counts. Going shopping because you’re bored doesn’t. Yes, by all means go shopping, but see what you do as counting or not counting, being real or not being real, having real value or not, being ...
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