EXCERPTS FROM LIFE'S LITTLE INSTRUCTION BOOK, VOLUMES I AND II 35.
Plant a tree on your birthday. 47. Don't waste time learning the "tricks
of the trade." Instead, learn the trade. 53. Vote. 68. Be brave. Even
if you're not, pretend to be. No one can tell the difference. 100.
Read the Bill of Rights. 198. Feed a stranger's expired parking meter.
209. Observe the speed limit. 267. Lie on your back and look at the
stars. 271. When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible
to fail. If you're going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
322. Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same
number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur,
Michaelangelo, Mother Teresea, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson,
and Albert Einstein. 393. Learn how to operate a Macintosh computer.
513. Never laugh at anyone's dreams. 558. Never betray a confidence.
595. Be the first to fight for a just cause. 817. Share your knowledge.
It's a way to achieve immortality. 939. Never be ashamed of your patriotism.
-- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
