Carpe Diem

Honor. The world is full of clanging cymbals and empty souls, who pursue acclaim detached from work or accomplishment. Avoid the company of the dishonorable. To mask their own dishonor, they will seek dishonor in you. Let determined competence and integrity define your character. Treat all people with the dignity you expect. Seek to earn trust. Finally, maintain an acute sense of what is shameful for without the ability to feel shame, there can be no honor.

You now enter an enchanted, challenging, and fascinating world. But your time is limited. Seize the world with a joy and a passion. As Thomas Jefferson said, "It is a wonderful thing how much may be done, if we are always doing."

Love, Dad

P.S. Now that you are older it is probably time to tell you about all the one-on-one basketball games you won in the driveway since you were about 14. Well, despite the fact that you are taller and faster, I let you win.

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