Proverbs 33

Undated (Timeless)
Proverbs 33:1-10 (TRV) 

Solutions to other problems you didn’t know you had, though, to be honest, that was because you weren’t looking.

Never be embarrassed. Let others be embarrassed for you when you drag the toilet paper out of the restroom on your boot-heel or return to your desk with your skirt tucked into your panties or your shirttail sticking out of your fly.
     ² Don’t be embarrassed when someone else discovers where Fate has led you. Don’t even shrug your shoulders.  Say – politely! : “Thank you. I’ll attend to that later.” Then, don’t.
     ³ Also, at the end of the day, remind the someone of his or her helpfulness: “Thank you again for letting me know about [whatever it was – be specific]. I plan to take care of it as soon as I get home.

⁴ Don’t see why others are upset, even if you do. It’s not a lie to do nothing. You’re not feigning: what can you really know what others are thinking (where Fate has led their thinking)?
     ⁵ This is not to say, “Don’t be sympathetic.” But don’t rush to sympathy. Don’t believe that all others deserve your kindness.

     ⁶ And, for God’s sake – not to mention your own – don’t pretend sympathy for ideologues or fanatics of any stripe. They are the rabid possums of the world. Throw water on them and hope they scurry away. (Always carry a squirt gun, laced with ammonia, in your jacket pocket or purse.)

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⁷ Suffer fools gently. Only beware of the wise. Scurry away from the doctrinaire as fast you can go.

⁸ Have no respect for wealth or position. Leave that to fans of Ayn Rand. But neither have respect for poverty and sorrow. Leave that to the bleeding hearts.
     ⁹ Still, don’t be contemptuous of either. Admire what is admirable, the chrome on this one’s Bentley, the lettering on that one’s cardboard sign: “I still have hope. Anything will help.” State your admiration.

¹⁰ Last: Take no advice. Ignore all imperatives. Selah.