Tenets-Six point Seven (Tales from the SSC&B)

{ Denise gracefully hosts Six Sentence Stories; where writers unleash their magic under one simple rule: in no more or no less than 6 sentences.
This week’s prompt word is : TERM
Spontaneous synchronicity triggered by Clark’s Six (point-seven)  }

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Tenets

The Sophomore straightened his back – not that he lacked physical height but instinctively reacted to the barrage of Gatekeeping Tenets I was laying out before him with a quiet voice; a counter analogy to the intensity of the words spoken.

” Young dude, let me repeat the first tenet so you won’t present any excuses later on:
It’s not the people who know they should be allowed in who matter, it’s the people who hope to deserve to be let in.

A common mistake is to entitle yourself as the Six Sentence Café & Bistro becomes stronger, unless you feel like transitioning to a Billionaires’ Row employee who by virtue of location/clientele act as if his espresso is delivered daily with a flight from Caffè Bistrot Savini in Milan.”

I kept hammering…softly of course :
” Anytime you feel a conflict in terms of deciding the best course of action, fear this not but embrace it;
the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function*.

Keep your attention focused on what is your own concern – be crystal clear that what belongs to others is their f’n business and none of yours…until they make it so.

And finally, beyond Gatekeeping, as a probable-friendly token:
please,  please with lots of sugar on top, don’t study any of the Proprietors…cause I’m telling you young dude, You won’t graduate!”

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*F. Scott Fitzgerald

…and I’m out of single malt…

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