"Act in a mature way with self control and respect others."

"Don't keep saying please if someone says no."

"Clean up your messes".

Wise thoughts. Whose thoughts? We don't know yet.

The rules were found in a spiral-bound notebook outside a Walmart store in California. Each rule is numbered, right up to #158, which is currently blank. The store employee who found the book says the writing is that of a child (further evidenced by a reference to "wearing pull-ups if you're going to wet your bed").

I hope they find the kid who wrote these rules, and I hope he / she gets a big publishing deal. This youngster has learned and understood more about how to treat people and how to live life well than many people learn in ... well ... a lifetime.

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