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I recently
went on vacation.
While on
vacation, I spent a lot of time watching and listening to all
the people around me. I realized that most people could use
some good advice, and I just happen to HAVE a lot of good
advice. I’ve had a lot of experiences and I have a lot to
offer. I decided that I should write a book and put in it all
of the very good advice I have for everyone. I called my book
Marianne’s Book of Good Advice or Things You Just Might Not
Learn On Your Own. |
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1: If you can manage it,
be born into a good family.
You can see from this photo where I get my sense of
style... A good family is something to treasure.
They start you off well and continue to love and support
you throughout your life. |
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2: When having your picture taken, always remember to wear
pants.
This may seem like a no-brainer, but there I am
in the Badlands of South Dakota, completely unaware that my
knickers are showing. I
wouldn’t want anyone else to make that mistake. |
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3: If you ever decide to run away from home, don’t make a big
announcement or anything because they’ll just take a picture and
tease you about it for years to come.
Again, this may be an isolated incident, and as a rule I
don’t think children should run away from home... but be
careful... parents often think our righteous indignation is
soooo adorable. Believe
me... you don’t want to go through life with pictures like this
showing up every time your family gets together for dinner and a
slide show. |
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4: ALWAYS double-check the sign on the door of a public
restroom.
I think we all know how uncomfortable a mistake in this
department can be. Not
that I speak from personal experience or anything... |
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Number 5:
NOBODY wants to hear your cell phone conversations.
5a.
Especially in public restrooms.
5b. Why would
you take your phone into the restroom anyway? That’s just
asking for trouble. |
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Number 6: Floss. |
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Number 7: Buy Girl Scout
Cookies. |
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8: Laughing always makes you feel good. Sometimes crying
makes you feel even better. |
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You know,
this advice book that I’ve written has a lot of good stuff in
it. Like I said, I’ve had a lot of experiences and I think I
have a lot to offer. I mean, from now on you’ll always remember
to wear pants when you have your picture taken because I have
learned from my mistake and I’ve shared that wisdom with you.
Now I realize
that mine isn’t the only advice book you can read. In fact, it
might not even be the best one. I think the best
advice book is the Bible. The Bible is full of stories of
people who were trying to live the way God wanted them to. Some
of them tried very hard, and some didn’t try very hard at all.
Many of them made mistakes. Many of them learned lessons. Some
of them even got it right.
And all of
those stories have been written down for us... so that we don’t
have to make the same mistakes that they did.
We also are
surrounded by hundreds of people -- right here in this building
this morning -- who are trying to live the way God wants us to
live. At Trinity Lutheran Church, we are a good family and we
love and support one another. When one member of our family is
sick or frightened or confused, or joyful or very, very sad,
there are others here who have felt the same way. We can give
good advice to one another. We can laugh and cry together. We
can help each other live the way God wants us to live. We will
all make mistakes, we will all learn, and hopefully, we will all
get it right sometimes.
Now, I have
two final pieces of good advice for you. |
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Number 9: If you’re having
trouble, talk to God about it and find someone from your
Trinity family to talk to God with you. |
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And Number 10: If Mrs.
Enney ever asks you to do the Children’s Story, make sure that
you read the lessons before you say you’ll do it.
Today was a toughie! |
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