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		<description><![CDATA[IMMUTABLE RULES OF REAL LIFE #1 http://jimreedbooks.com/mp3/immutabile_rules1.mp3 (Read text below and/or listen by clicking above.)    1.    Things don’t sell for what they’re worth, they sell for what they go for.   2.    An outgoing smile is no indication whether there will &#8230; <a href="https://redclaydiary.com/?p=74">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">IMMUTABLE RULES OF REAL LIFE #1</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center"><a href="http://jimreedbooks.com/mp3/immutabile_rules1.mp3">http://jimreedbooks.com/mp3/immutabile_rules1.mp3</a></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" align="center">(Read text below and/or listen by clicking above.) </p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">1.    Things don’t sell for what they’re <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">worth</em>, they sell for <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">what they go for</em>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">2.    An <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">outgoing</em> smile is no indication whether there will be an <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">incoming</em> one.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">3.    Smile only if it makes you feel good…don’t expect it to be returned. </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">       <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Appreciate it if it is.</em></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">4.    A fake smile is almost always detectable.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">5.    If you find it hard to smile, just think about what <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">is </em>worth smiling about in your life </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">       and go with that.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">6.    A smile may not be your umbrella on a rainy rainy day, but it can help you have fun </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">       getting soaked. Imagine Gene Kelly, who was running a fever the day he filmed the  </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">       famous rain scene.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">7.    If you’re afraid you’ll lose face, trying to smile when you don’t feel like it, just sneer   </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">       and turn it upside down. Post this sign in front of you at all times: <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">SNILE!</strong></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">8.    First-class people associate themselves with first-class people Second-class people </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">       associate themselves with third-class people.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">9.    Do nice unto others as you would have them do nice unto you. But if they continue </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">       not doing nice unto you, drop them and associate only with those who do.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">10.  Smile a lot, at nothing at all. It will make people think you know something they </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">       don’t. It will drive your enemies crazy. It will draw nice people to you and help you </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">       identify people who aren’t.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">11.  Those who are tardy do not get fruit cup.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">12.  Those who do not find their mittens do not get pie. Even if they find their mittens, </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">       they still may not get pie.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">13.  Sometimes, the sky really <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">is</em> falling.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">14.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Every good idea eventually backfires.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">15.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>Even if something can’t possibly happen, it might.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">(c) 2009 A.D. by Jim Reed</span></p>
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