what I know now. Don’t we always hear that? Isn’t it always the truth? Years bring experience and experience often brings wisdom. If I could go back, I would tell my younger self a few things:
- It always works out. Maybe not the way you had hoped, but it always works out.
- The pain subsides and eventually fades. It may never fully go away, but it definitely diminishes with time.
- You’ve never been more beautiful.
- Don’t dwell on the past. Learn your lessons from it and move on. It does you no good to wallow in it.
- Be true to yourself. That’s the greatest gift you can give yourself and others.
- Give more than you get in everything – love, charity, forgiveness, etc.
- Hold your dear friends close for as long as possible. The years may ebb and flow, but you will always need your friends.
- Be thankful – let it radiate from your being.
- Ask for help when needed. Don’t try to do everything yourself or hold everything together alone. If you need a hand, a shoulder, a ride – ask. People aren’t mind readers, but they are usually more than willing to help if you ask. And just because they don’t offer doesn’t mean they don’t want to.
- Listen to this song and LISTEN to this song. It has more truths in it in five minutes than you may learn in fifty years.