I was asked to contribute (a very few words) to a family page offering words of wisdom to a graduating high school senior. That's a serious challenge - and I literally spent days on the task. Here, for better or for worse, is the result:

Rules for living life to the hilt

Nothing will turn out the way you thought it would.

There is no bigger waste of time than making plans.

Any success you have will be the byproduct of having thrown yourself headlong and without reserve into what you were most passionate about - and then ridden the wave you created wherever and at whatever speed it carries you.

The greatest long term satisfaction comes from having behaved at all times with common decency.