<p>Besides DEATH and TAXES, I stumbled into another one: MORMON MISSIONARIES. </p>
<p>Was visiting an obscure country, and the last thing I expected to encounter today were 2 young men in their signature short-sleeved white shirt, necktie, name tag, & backpack. Gotta admire their persistence.</p>
<p>Uncertainty. 
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<p>My mother will love me (and hate the color of my sweater )</p>
<p>Speaking of Mormon missionaries, the Book of Mormon musical is hilarious…raunchy, but really good at the same time. </p>
<p>That no matter what you look like that day, bad hair, unshowered… your dog will always love you.</p>
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And the opposite can be said about cats! :)) </p>
<p>Certainties in life: Dissapointment and failure. </p>
<p>Besides death (I will leave out taxes because “death and taxes” is really just a longstanding platitude)
I can’t think of any true certainty in life. Most of what we think of as a certainty is simply a reflection of our narrow thinking. </p>
<p>Can you expand on that, NJres?</p>
<p>Not to sound morose but: Heartbreak. You will love someone and they won’t love you (usually as a youth), or will have stopped loving you (as an adult), or a friend or loved one will do something or experience something that breaks your heart for them. </p>
<p>I tease the missionaries I run into around me: guys, you could have gone to Japan instead of taking the easy way and going to Boston. (I had friends who did their missions in places like Korea, etc.)</p>
<p>Another certainty, inspired by the commercials which say raise your hand if you’ve ever had flatulence or stomach upset … all creatures have flatulence and stomach upset. So I’d add FARTING and DIARRHEA to the list.</p>
<p>Well, THIS is getting cheery! </p>
<p>1.Death
2. Taxes.
3. Disappointment and Failure.
4. Heartbreak
5. Diaherra
6. Farting. </p>
<p>Corrupt self serving politicians</p>
<p>Conspiracy theories.</p>
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<p>Well-educated people being unable to spell this word.</p>
<p>regret</p>
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Yes! Yes! I was going to add this, but I didn’t. </p>
<p>FWIW, LDS missionaries do not really get to choose where they go. But it’s not all random. Those with disabilities will stay closer to home, and if the disability is mental they probably will not have to learn a 2nd language. Since they have to be recommended by their bishop, and the bishop probably knows them pretty well, the bishop can send along remarks that will help with the best placement. ALSO, because the church has been so successful in many countries, there is a trend now to use local missionaries as much as possible.</p>
<p>Yes, I live in Utah, and believe it or not, the missionaries are very active here.</p>
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<p>Well, about 40% of the Utah population is non-LDS…</p>
<p>Hope.</p>
<p>Gotta plug the missionaries.</p>
<p>My alcoholic nephew, for who knows what reason, let the missionaries into his home. They left 5 hours later and they changed his life forever. Really. 180 degree positive change and it has lasted at least 8 years now.</p>