Building some virtual value to be found some day by my children :-)

1. A few words for my
children
Latest update: October 2, 2013

2. Can you be your own friend?
 Be honest to yourself. If you’re not,
you will still catch it some day, but it
may be late

3. What about others?
 Be honest to others. They may not
catch your lies, but lies to others
usually turn into lies to ourselves

4. Should you believe in…
 Consider this: The Church tortured
and killed people claiming the Earth is
round. The Church opposed forks as a
blasphemy to “God-given fingers”.
Learn by yourself about the others…

5. Is it something wrong with it?
 Respect anyone’s liberty to adopt any
religion or structure of beliefs, as long
as the practice of that religion or
beliefs respects you as a human
being with rights equal to all human
beings

6. Can it turn wrong, maybe?
 Believers can make good, even great
friends, for as long as they don’t
insist too much to convert you

7. Do I really want something?
 If you would like to convert, however,
and believe you are still honest to
yourself after that, feel free to
convert

8. And that is because…
 There is no external measure to self-
honesty. It’s what you feel, what you
believe about it!

9. What is richness?
 Richness is health, richness is love,
richness is being able to be honest to
others with minimal risks

10. Is it risky to be rich?
 Of course, there is risk in everything:
in every heartbeat, in every breath,
in every fly!

11. How about Money?
 Money is everywhere on the ground.
Watch who’s behind you when you
bend to pick it up

12. And how about age?
 There’s no better survival strategy
than getting older

13. Recipe for good company?
 Never chase a bird. Just build a nice
nest. You’ll get a chance to choose

14. And where are you in all this?
 Compete with yourself and win. You
will be above anybody if you win
against yourself

15. Meaning that…
 Competing with yourself is using
every opportunity to increase your
personal value: shape-up, learn a
new skill (“steal” it from someone you
admire!), view yourself in the future

16. And how about the others?
 As an adult, the moment you
compare to others to evaluate your
success or happiness, you turn into a
loser. There will always be someone
lower than you - and that’s not the
right way to feel good

17. Are they a danger?
 Share. There’s enough room under
the sun. It may turn into sharing
back, or downstream good. It will at
least improve your self-esteem, if not
your life altogether

18. Even if they compete with you?
 If sharing turns into competition,
learn from it and increase your own
value - that is what really matters

19. I’ll always be there for you!
 Look at the stars, once in a while. We
came from them, we all will return to
them. We have always been together,
we are together and we will be
together forever