NEVER:
Never side with the greedy over those who would share
Never side with those who never know when enough is as good as a feast
Never side with Deceit over the Truth
Never side with the Cruel Over the Kind
Never side with injustice over justice
Never side with religious intolerance
Never side with any religion, any race, any country, any culture, any form of government, any ritual, any dogma over the Golden Rule
Never side with those who would make war for national pride, economic gain, religious intolerance, territorial gain, or political theory----in the end it is really about greed and intolerance.
Never side with the rich over the poor
Never support any policy which allows the wealthy to sequester wealth along genetic lines via tax loop holes, tax breaks, inheritance, tax shelters, and any other such legal thievery. In any just society each person is expected to earn their own way, and in the end to return such wealth extracted from society back into the society from which it came.
Never support any policy which enables the affluent to abuse workers via unlivable wages, poor schools, poor health care, poor pensions, poor vacation days, poor working conditions.
Never support the right of anyone anywhere to purchase goods made by slave labor.
Never support any law or any practice which pollutes or degrades the environment upon which all species depend for existence.
Never treat opinion as fact, either your own or someone else's.
Never accept inherited religion as the basis for your ethical behavior. Never create a God in your own image, never assume you or humans in general are the end point of God's created evolutionary process
Never chase wealth as the basis of contentment or you will be disappointed. Modest wealth is enough. It is as good as a feast.
Never view romantic love or friendship as a permanent state of mind. Times change, people change, circumstances change---interactions between people will always be in a state of flux with time. What tends to last, does; what does not is not binding on any of the parties. Live and let live is the duty which we all have toward relationships.
Never take for granted health, friendship, or Mother Nature. Each requires protection, foresight, and an active ongoing analysis.
Never leave no time for contemplation. A mind cluttered with daily 'noise' is a mind preoccupied with inconsequential and useless matters that breed unhappiness and discontent.
Never disrespect other species. They are our past, our forbearers, the link between the present and the past, while the basis for the future.
Never sweat the small stuff, in the end it is all small stuff.
