my credo, more or less

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"Please act towards others with goodwill and with courtesy;
Otherwise, be polite."
                - Guitar Craft House Rules

The older i get, the easier it is for me to remember to follow this.  It is important; it is urgent.  I sneer and use sarcasm because i've done it so often that it becomes rote, a reflex, an automatic defense against a world and a humanity that, frankly, too often pisses me off and disappoints me.  But i do not blame the world and the people around me for my behavior.