Post It Notes

Be a gentleman.
Be chivalrous.
Be respectful.
Honor friends and family.
Serve freely and joyfully without expectation of repayment or acknowledgment.
Be gracious.
Be forgiving.
Be patient.
Demonstrate understanding.
Shut up.
Listen.
Be watchful.
Be careful.
Be calm.
Foster peace.
Seek the truth.
Speak the truth.
Be happy.
Know, show, and share joy.
Tread softly.
Step carefully.
Walk straight.
Guide well.
Follow well.
Say please.
Say "thank you".
Be thankful.
Be honest.
Be humble.
Don't gloat when you're right.
Admit when you're wrong.
Speak your feelings, don't trust their intuition.
Listen carefully to others, don't trust your intuition.
Don't categorize unnecessarily.
Don't categorize incorrectly.
Don't categorize.
Don't assume.
Ask.


I started this list in a spat of entirely unjustified anger and self pity. The root was not good, but the thought process and the writing process were. Here you have a map of the forces which act on me daily. A collection of Post-It Notes, stuck on every surface of my brain. Too many to remember and pay attention to at one time, but each one very valuable.