Letters to my u.b.s

It is a wonderful thing to work without needing the income.

Your work is your life. Don't waste your life over salary.

Any profession has its high earners on one end and go-nowhere's on the other.
Choose a job in which you can do your life's work and achieve your goal.

• Influence is the key to getting what you desire and money is the least substantial form of influence as well as the most readily taken away.

• Possessions are tempting, but beware. The more you own, the more it owns you.

• No amount of riches can defy mortal decay, so care for your health and your mind, or all your spoils of war will be of no avail.

People make earth a paradise or a purgatory, so treat each person you meet with respect and kindness. As populous as the world is, the individuals that we involve in our lives is limited by time and effort. So whoever you do interact with, give them a chance to contribute to a positive experience.

I know many things, yet there is much I don't know. You will meet people who think they know all there is to know, and want to stop you in your progress of learning. Hear what they have to say once, withhold your criticism, and move along. There is better use of time than struggling against a boulder that refuses to budge.

With those who seem to know little but are attentive to listen, be humble, and share your knowledge without talking down to them. Chat again from time to time. For eventually they will learn something from others that you don't know, and then it will benefit you to listen.