What I Would Make Everyone in the World do

Hi everyone!
I actually wrote 90% of this post a couple weeks ago, after reading Laura's post of a similar name. But now it's back, y'all.
Now, there are some things that I feel everybody should learn, and some things I think people should do to learn these things. So lets get to it.

1. Read The Little Prince, or originally Le Petit Prince. This book is... amazing. Easily the best book I've ever read. I can't really explain why it's so good... the story, taken by itself, is simple enough. But there is almost a level of deeper truth that's rather hard to explain. And because I can't explain it to you, just read the book, people. Read it now.

2. Learn the holy trinity of sports-that-you-have-to-practice-to-be-good-at-but-are-totally-worth-it-once-you-do. In other words, learn how to bike, how to ski, and how to swim. Skating is a possible fourth, although personally I don't enjoy skating all that much. Am I betraying my Canadian identity by saying that? I don't know. I don't really care about hockey, either, so there you go.
Anyways, skiing, biking, and swimming. I'm always so sad when I meet people who say that they don't know how to do even one of those things. I mean, why? Why don't they put in a little time and effort to open up a new, wondrous world for themselves? And don't say, "I tried five whole times and didn't like it." When I was really young and just learning how to bike and ski, I hated both of them my first few times out. In fact, I remember distinctly telling my dad that I didn't want to learn how to bike anymore, and that I would be happy just walking for the rest of my life. The same more or less went for skiing; lots of slips, lots of face plants into snow. But you know what? Biking is incredibly useful as well as fun, and skiing is now my favourite sport.
Swimming is also great. This would have to be my least favourite of the trinity, but I still would hate to lose my ability to do so. Suddenly water becomes more then just water, it becomes your best friend. Learn to swim!
Think of it this way. Your entire life, you've travelled by putting one foot in front of the other (or by car, plane or train. Big deal).But now, you don't have to do that. You can just glide around on skis. You can rotate your legs and zip around on bikes. You can wave your arms and legs around and swim. Learn these three things, and I promise you, your life will get much better.

3. Learn to read and write. Perhaps this one is a silly thing to put up here, because I'm sure that everyone in their right mind on this earth would love to be able to read and write, and the only reason they don't learn is because of poverty or being oppressed. If I somehow could, I would gladly teach everyone in the world to read and write.

And honestly, thats all I can think of right now. Sure, there are others, but I don't want to get super cheesy and say things like: "I'd teach everyone to love everyone else like their brothers (or sisters)." And so I'll call it a day here. Thanks for reading, and I'll see you soon.

-Mark