Cowboy in Church

One Sunday a cowboy went to church. When he entered, he saw that
he and the preacher were the only ones present. The preacher
asked the cowboy if he wanted him to go ahead and preach.

The cowboy said, "I'm not too smart, but if I went to feed my
cattle and only one showed up, I'd still feed him."
So the minister began his sermon.

One hour passed, then two hours, then two-and-a-half hours.
The preacher finally finished and came down to ask the cowboy
how he liked the sermon.

The cowboy answered slowly, "Well, I'm not very smart, but if I
went to feed my cattle and only one showed up, I sure wouldn't
feed him all the hay."

Quick Start Guide

I opened the box with the fancy electronic gadget in it. It was
the latest version with all of the bells and whistles. Sitting
neatly on top inside the box was a plastic wrapped bundle. In the
bundle (among other things) was a thick manual and a four-page
Quick Start Guide.

The Quick Start Guide walked you through what you needed to
know to setup and operate the fancy equipment without all of the
in-depth details of the thick manual.

"Just tell me what I need to know to get this thing working,"
was going through my mind as I looked at the two documents.
So naturally I gravitated towards the Quick Start Guide.

I then thought, "Why doesn't life have a Quick Start Guide?"

You know, something that would give you the basics of what you
needed to know to get things going right.

Why doesn't someone think of that?

You would only need a few things; say ten or so and I think that
would be enough to get you going and perhaps keep you straight.

It would be a Quick Start Guide of life of ten or so things that
would guide you until you could read the full manual.

Why doesn't someone think of that?