After all, a "life lessons list" is a list forever in progress.
- Sentiment in the absence of follow-through is emptiness.
- Stress is powerful and dangerous. Stress corrupts and disrupts. Stress is a demon and must be exorcised.
- Absolutes come in shades of grey.
- Pontification: Everyone does it, few admit to it, and even fewer do it with style.
- Sometimes you don't get what you pray for — and that's a good thing.
- Integrity, too often, is like a shooting star: a magnificent streak that cannot be held, and leaves no lasting mark.
- There are times when it's OK to be "context sensitive," for the sake of safety, sanctity, or sensuality.
- Doing a good job because it's the right thing to do has been trumped by doing a good job provided the price is right.
- Many people ride the wave of entitlement all the way to the shores of mediocrity.
- Sometimes humor really is the best medicine.
- Lies turn up when you least expect them, especially when they pop out of your own mouth.
- Naps are good.
- Perfunctory is a silly sounding word to kids and teenagers, and a performance rating for adults.
- Making progress can be a lot like squeezing blood from a stone.
- There is more wit and wisdom in the brevity of proverbs, one-liners, adages, quips, and quotes, than in the verbosity of tiring diatribes and endless expositions.
