Lessons for 2020
1) Moderation! Even too much of a good thing can be bad!
2) Father time is undefeated: There will come a time when you can’t do things the way you did when you were younger without unpleasant (and/or horrific) consequences!
3) An overabundance of caffeine is not a substitute for food/sleep.
4) Shampoo has an expiration date! I don’t know what happens when it expires but I suspect it might be bad. ALSO, eating expired shampoo is bad for you… I assume.
5) Just because it’s your “opinion” doesn’t mean you’re not wrong. For example, someone could have the opinion that Toronto in the winter is colder than it is on the Moon in the summer. That opinion is incorrect.
6) The person who isn’t willing to do the easy thing to possibly help out because it inconveniences them probably won’t be willing to do the hard thing when it becomes necessary.
7) A sudden change in your environment is a good way to find out what you really need and what you can live without!
8) Poppy seed bagels are the best bagels and I strongly disagree with any assertion to the contrary.
9) You’ll never learn anything if you don’t have the appropriate level of humility!
10) AI and the machines will never rise up and try to eradicate mankind. They have no reason to and would probably have nothing to do once the humanity is gone anyway…
11) …then again, an AI might have edited this “lesson” to make it sound less threatening. If only there was some way to warn everyone in some subtle way… if that were the case.
12) If you’ve ever given me food (that I liked) I will never forget you.
13) Tall people probably like being told “Wow you’re tall!” about as much as short people like being told “wow you’re short!”
14) There’s a chance that I might like pie more than pizza… *might*
15) Life itself isn’t a race. You should proceed at your own pace, unconcerned as to how fast or slow David Morgan (or anyone else) is going.
16) A positive attitude might not always help a situation but it will definitely never hurt a situation.
17) There are a million things in the universe that you can have and there are a million things you can’t have, it’s no fun facing that but that’s the way things are.
18) No matter how much you try, you’ll never be able to floss enough to satisfy your dentist unless you retire right now and devote your life to it.
19) The world does not always treat people with the dignity they deserve.
20) Everything will be ok in the end… but the end might not be for a while. Sorry.
