Be kind to others and let go of attachments. Have lived a very happy and successful life by doing just those two things.
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So, I've been chatting with my buddies lately, and it's turned into a bunch of debates about right and wrong. I think I have a pretty solid moral compass, I'm not bragging haha, but most people I know can't really explain why something's right or wrong without getting all circular or contradicting themselves.
So, how do you figure out what to do? No judgment, just curious. I'll share my thoughts below.
Thanks!
Edit: Oh, all you lil' philosophers have brought me a cornicopia of thoughts and ideas. I'm going to take my time responding, I'm like Treebeard, never wanna be hasty.
To crush your enemies, See them driven before you, And to hear the lamentation of their women.
Conquer the things stopping you from what you want to do. This can be poverty, people, or circumstance. See those things that you have beaten lie at your feet, and revel in the outcries of the things that you now have bested.
Do no harm but take no shit.
• Don’t be an asshole
• everyone just wants to be happy
• don’t be a burden to anyone
• look before crossing the streets
• always assume a bad driver has a reason for this behavior
• wipe front to back
• if you can do it right now, do it
• always assume everyone around you is smearier than you yourself
• don’t take the blame for everything, but offer to help fixing it
• if you’re serving anything, always take the different thing or the worst looking thing for yourself
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Try to be as unlike the cuurent US administration as possible?