Pursue your dreams -- Curtail your obsessions -- Be flexible -- Watch out for bullies -- Don't shoot your eye out -- Care for family -- Tackle your technology -- Don't trust the media -- Be a good neighbor -- Admit when you do wrong -- Play fair -- Hold your tongue -- Be playful -- Appreciate your daily bread -- Take time out to seek refuge -- Embrace unexpected delights -- Join the choir of life -- Let your light shine -- Be a hero -- Give thanks -- Appendix: You, too, have lived--and survived!: how to create and tell a humorous story like Jean Shepherd

"For the first time, author Quentin Schultze, who taught storytelling with humorist Jean Shepherd, reveals the "secret" parables that Shepherd included in his screenplay for A Christmas story. ... Take an insightful and festive romp through the 20 life lessons in the beloved Christmas classic, based exclusively on the author's friendship with Shepherd"--Page 4 of cover