It occurred to me to check and make sure that the list of my 14 Rules for Life was actually, ya’know, still here.
It wasn’t.
Well, fiddlesitcks.
So, without further ado, here are Devlin James’ 14 Rules for Life in their entirety. Your Mileage May Vary
- No one gets to tell you who you are. Not a parent, not a teacher, not the clergy, not a counselor. Only you have that right.
- It’s always okay if you can’t answer that question yet.
- Never turn down free food.
- If it comes from a trusted source. I’m lookin at you, coworker-baked peanut butter sriracha cookies.
- A mistake only becomes an error if you fail to learn from it.
- I’m still lookin at you, coworker baked peanut butter sriracha cookies.
- When someone does a job you don’t want to do, thank them for it. They not only did the job, they helped you out.
- Just because I am this way, does not invalidate you being that way. Your truth is as valid and beautiful as mine.
- I’ve no more right to yours than you have to mine.
- If you kill the joe, make some mo.
- The same is also true for the last tray of ice cubes.
- If you don’t know what the joe is, look it up. Don’t make others do for you.
- Never start a fight. But always finish it.
- That does not necessarily mean with violence.
- Always turn the other cheek, but remember, you’ve only got two.
- Never get in the middle of a goddamn sword fight.
- The highest form of martial arts, uses nothing but thoughts and words.
- Opinions are like nostrils. Most people have at least one, and others are rarely interested in their contents.
- Life is the best teacher, but it’s unaccredited.
- The vilest nastiest people out there are even more miserable than they make you feel.
- It takes way too much energy to hate. Be lazy, and forgive most of the time. Save your actual hate for folks who REALLY deserve it.
- In my case, that’s Howard Shultz, Clay Bennet, and the ghosts of Daniel Stern and Aubrey McCelndon. From Hell’s Heart, etc..