The golden rule

“When a friend makes a mistake, the friend remains a friend and the mistake remains a mistake”, Shimon Peres

What happened to the concept of “forgive and forget”? Forgiving is a choice but forgetting is not. Everybody deserves some kind of forgiveness but expecting somebody to forget is pushing your luck too far. History is there to remind us of the past and guide us way forward less of mistakes.

Anyway my colleague Lebo asked me what I would do if a bouncer finds me with his wife inside his house. My answer was that I would defend myself. I would tell the bouncer to get the hell out of my house and that if I see him again I would kill him. I would threaten him to the best of my ability just to make sure I walk out alive. I mean you would also be shocked and reluctant to react violently if another man tells you to get out of the house that you have no doubt it belongs to you.

My point is that you don’t surrender when you are in a dangerous situation if you know what’s good for you. Imagine what the bouncer would do to you if you were to tell him you were sorry? Of course he would kill you, so to avoid being killed rather pretend you have never heard of him and that he is the one messing you around. Tell him to stay away from your woman, more especially your house.

The golden rule in this life is that you don’t give what you can’t afford to lose. If everybody follows that simple rule, there would be peace in the world.

People like expressing their appreciations by giving away what they cannot afford to lose and when things fail to work out, it turns red.
Whatever you give, you must not expect back; and whatever you take, be sure it won’t be required back.

I used to say that I would never give up my pride for anything but as I grow up I started realizing that pride is intangible and that sometimes you have to give it up. Is like saying you would never give up your happiness but the fact is that there would be some sad moments, whether you like it or not.

Sh$t shouldn’t be normal but expect sh$t to happen sometimes. There are people who would rather kill you than lose you to somebody else. Those are the people who don’t expect sh$t at all, trying to turn back the hands of time.

Don’t give what you can’t afford lose for when a friend makes a mistake, the friend remains a friend and the mistake remains a mistake. It’s not a jigsaw puzzle but can be decoded in a jiffy of a breath.

Pride is intangible, the same with love and hatred. Their intangibility gives you the privilege to start again at no cost. That means you can always afford to surrender your intangibles.

The golden rule is not gold but common sense. The problem is that not everybody’s common sense is common, and some people’s common sense is less common than others. Everybody has got common sense but it usage gets to be affected by fantasy vision to achieve the invisible, using tangible assets.