{"id":237019,"date":"2021-05-20T00:30:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T08:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersatlarge.com\/riff\/?p=237019"},"modified":"2021-05-21T13:21:33","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T21:21:33","slug":"ten-things-i-should-have-figured-out-before-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersatlarge.com\/riff\/ten-things-i-should-have-figured-out-before-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten things I should have figured out before now"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span>There are no monuments to poetry editors.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Even if you\u2019re not sure about the whole idea of God, it\u2019s still a pretty good idea to pray every now and then.
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3.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Your children will have to make their own mistakes. They\u2019re not going to learn from yours.<\/span><\/p>\n

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4.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Love is complicated. Courtesy is simple. Start with courtesy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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5.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span>A kind remark moves a relationship forward one step. A mean remark moves a relationship back ten steps.<\/span><\/p>\n

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6.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Resentments are poisonous.<\/span><\/p>\n

7.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Clean up your side of the street. The other side of the street is somebody else\u2019s responsibility.<\/span><\/p>\n

8.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Giving advice about something that is none of your business is rarely appreciated.<\/span><\/p>\n

9.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Eat a salad every day.<\/span><\/p>\n

10. <\/span><\/strong><\/span>Only ten percent of what you write is worth reading. The trick is knowing which ten percent it is.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Michael Simms is the editor and founder of Vox Populi<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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