DEAR SOPHIA,

THERE ARE MANY PILLARS AND PRINCIPLES TO GUIDE YOU THROUGHOUT LIFE. HERE ARE SOME TO KEEP IN MIND:

1. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
2. CHRIST’S PLEA: FORGIVE THEM FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO.
3. MOLON LABE, WHICH IMPLIES YOU STAND RESOLUTE EVEN THOUGH IT IS DIRECT TRANSLATION MEANS TAKE THEM IF YOU CAN.
4. THE PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECT OF SOCRATES WHICH CAN BE SUMMARIZED AS “THE UNEXAMINED LIFE IS NOT WORTH LIVING.” THAT MEANS TO QUESTION EVERYTHING.
5. epitaph OF SULLA, WHICH GUIDES YOU IN HOW YOU TREAT FRIENDS AND ADVERSARIES. “THERE IS NO FRIEND AND THERE IS NO ENEMY WHOM I HAVE NOT REPAID IN FULL.” THIS PHRASE IF EVERYONE KNOWS IT ABOUT YOU WILL BOTH SERVE AND PROTECT YOU. YOUR ADVERSARIES WILL FEAR YOU AND YOUR FRIENDSHIP WILL BE VALUED.

THERE ARE OTHER PILLARS WHICH CAN BE HELPFUL AND I WILL DISCUSS MORE OF THEM WITH YOU LATER. HOWEVER, THESE FIVE WILL SERVE YOU VERY WELL.

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LOVE,

DAD