The World According To Raymond Reddington

1. The quality of your life is only what you make it. We all have the ability to live like good human beings and help others do the same.

2. Know that politicians are only attracted to politics because most of them are lawyers and have figured out easy ways to make lots of money without the drudgery of actually practicing law.

3. Appreciate your power as a consumer. If you think prices are too high, don’t complain to your local politicians, go straight to the management of the companies and the media. Shame them into doing the right thing.

4. Understand that the powers that be have an Achilles Heel, which is your power as a voter.

5. Stop numbing your brain by watching mindless drivel on mainstream television. Watch TV to learn and understand things. The more you learn, the easier it will be to avoid becoming submerged in bullshit.

6. Read a book. Fiction or non-fiction, it doesn’t matter. Both will teach you something.

7. Teach your children to think. Challenge their intellect. Make them use their intelligence. Do whatever you can to keep them off their phones, where they simply consume and supply nonsense.

8. Have a little faith. The world is not coming to an end anytime soon. There’s nothing happening out there that hasn’t happened before and more intensely. The world moves in peaks and troughs, right now, we’re in a bit of a trough. But there’s a peak just around the corner.

9. Trust the new generation coming up. There are good people there who benefit from seeing all that’s wrong and will have good ideas about how to fix things.

10. Invest in yourself. Get smarter by committing to look at both sides of every issue. Then form your opinion. There are way too many highly opinionated, grossly under-informed people as it is. Don’t be one of them.

11. Appreciate who you are. Material possessions are secondary to physical and mental well-being.

12. Understand that no humans on this planet are better or worse than other humans. They may do better or worse things. But essentially we are all made of the same stuff. Your job here is to simply do good things.