This is an FAQ that I frequently don’t answer.  Not that I’m holding out, it’s just that rule one requires a lot of pondering to grasp even though on its surface it’s, well, less than enlightening.

It’s like Sun Tzu; you have to reread it several times before you start to get the meaning.  So just quoting Rule 1 isn’t helpful.  Instead, let me say that the poem Don’t Go Gentle into that Good Night (and Rodney Dangerfield’s interpretation in Back to School) will get you on the right track.

Rule 2, however, I can easily share.  Rule 2 is for when you’re thinking of riding your bike but the weather looks iffy.  The rule is: if rain drops are not actively falling when you get on your bike, you go.  This rule has afforded me innumerable rides which I would have otherwise missed.  Yes, sometimes the rain comes but those are also great rides.

Even more interesting to me is that these two rules alone suffice for most of everyday life…