lessons from 2008
i stopped drinking for a full 8 days and expected clarity. nothing was different. nothing. not a thing. so, i’m here to say that you might as well drink. and while you do that, think about these gems i came up with over the course of my life in 2008. i’m pretty sure no one has ever come up with any of this information before. and, if you’re not going to really read this and really take my words seriously and perhaps really apply them to your life, then don’t read it. there are better ways for you to waste your life and i would prefer that you not do that here. thx.
i just want what was clearly meant for me. so… if it’s going to be, it’s up to me.
you have to erase “can’t” from your vocabulary. everything is possible. everything.
you are the only thing standing in the way of your own happiness. and when you’re doing this to yourself, you are definitely affecting someone else with it too because you’re not an island. so to sum up, not only are you making yourself unhappy, but you’re making others feel that way too. and others are making you unhappy. break the cycle.
when you’re not happy, you can’t be all you can be. you can’t be a good spouse. you can’t be the best parent. you can’t be a great sibling. you can’t be a good son or daughter. you can’t be exemplary at work. you just basically suck through life while your face looks all sad and tired.
everyone deserves to feel chemistry with someone else. everyone, not just you.
everyone deserves to meet a soulmate. realize that you’re in the way and then move.
you deserve whatever it is you’re working toward.
men are so much weaker than women. in every respect.
you’re in charge. you are. your mind will achieve whatever it believes.
unfortunately, people just have to figure things out on their own. you can’t help no matter how much you want to.
the truth will set you free.
you will get really mad at the people you really love. because you love them so much. and people should get mad at you if you’re living right.
the only way to get past a fear is to face it. if you let fear win, you fail.
the only way to survive is to embrace uncertainty. because when have things ever been certain?
you could instantly die next week in a car accident at the tender age of 31. and no one will have seen it coming.
leave a legacy that leaves lives better than you found them.
kids grow up really fast.
when you realize you’ve made a mistake, you have to fix it. otherwise, the problem just gets worse until something or someone breaks.
life’s too short for indifference.
once you check out from something, you can’t check in again. if you think you were able to check back in, it will be different than what you had hoped for and it won’t last. sorry.
if you stop and seriously gaze into your own eyes in a mirror, they’ll tell you a lot. and if there’s no smile in those eyes, well, you’re doing something fundamentally wrong.
nothing lasts forever.
eventually, you just have to strap on a pair and get over yourself. fear is caused by excessive concern about the opinions of others.
everything you could possibly want is just right outside your comfort zone. everything you could possibly want.
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