Here’s the outline of an end-of-year talk I gave to a Christian School, on the
topic ‘Wisdom for the Third Millennium.’

Have fun with it and make up your own wisdom-list!

Rowland Croucher

I’M GLAD I WAS TOLD: I WISH I WERE TOLD:

GIVE your life to GOD It will be COSTLY!

LIFE is GOOD LIFE is HARD

WE’RE ALL SELFISH/SINNERS Most are not good LISTENERS

BE UNSELFISH Treat others as if they were Jesus

BE KIND TO OTHERS But work for SOCIAL JUSTICE

KNOW your BIBLE BUT you could still be WRONG

PRAY every day PRAY as you can, not as you can’t

FAMILY is important Find a MENTOR

PARENTS are HUMAN FORGIVE them early!

WALK in the LIGHT Not everything needs to be said

BE YOURSELF! You can’t do it on your own

READ lots of books PRACTISE what you learn

PURSUE EXCELLENCE SUCCESS is over-rated

WORK HARD You work to live, not live to work

MASTER COMPUTERS The Internet is half-full of junk!

KEEP FIT Don’t worship your BODY