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My folks were too busy figuring things out themselves to give much in the way of advice. But they gave me a lot in the way of ethical guidelines. Like, don't be racist or classist or sexist. Don't lie, cheat, or steal. And my dad's favorite, don't eat anything bigger than your head.
What is it with the wrinklies taste in movies anyway? I respect their choice in music---opera---they read classy books---bios, CanLit, mysteries--- but if there's a Robin Williams (later period only) or Sanra Bullock movie on, they're as enraptured as a two-year old by a hotwheels cartoon.
Believe without question.
Obey authority without hesitation.
Keep your head bowed.
Pray for forgiveness; you are filled with sin.
A piece of good advice that my mum gave me, and I passed to my own child is "don't do anything to scare the horses or the neighbours". I take that to mean that I should avoid cannons and/or large crowds in the yard.
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.
"Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."
He didn't say any more, but we've always been unusually communicative in a reserved way, and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that. In consequence, I'm inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores. The abnormal mind is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a normal person, and so it came about that in college I was unjustly accused of being a politician, because I was privy to the secret griefs of wild, unknown men.
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