First Point - No certainty.

The first wise observation to make is that in the future nothing is certain. Anyone who offers us certainty in the future must be approached with caution. That politician's promise, that product's wonderous qualities, or that journalist's prediction should all be looked at carefully. It is unlikely that they all will be true. And of course you know that to be true. We all know that certainty is not to be had but at times we let our emotions govern our reason, accept the story being told and not infrequently see it fail to come true and suffer disappointment. The more stories we are told giving hope the more that fail to be realised the more disappoinmtent we feel. What does that do to a person? Someone once said that the only two certainties in life are Death and Taxes. That catches the two most important truths about us. We are all mortal beings for whom life is precious but who know that we will die and we are all social creatures who cannot survive alone and who pay taxes as a means of getting the help we need at times from strangers. There are those who preach against death as final and others who preach against taxes as evil. They are both wrong. As you well know! Be confident in your gut feelings.