Lose the third-party talk. Gossip may seem exciting at first. It may seem to create intimacy with another or to make oneself seem wiser. In fact, it s a tremendous drain on personal power, even if you re talking about distant figures, like politicians or celebrities. This one discipline seems to make the soul especially happy.
Sex is the big gift from nature and the gods.
By the way, this is how children get here. That s the other big gift. Without malice, tell the extreme truth. It will cost you most of your friends. It will also attract new, much better friends and you won t have to spend so much energy managing your story and trying to be someone you re not.