I was wondering today, being 28 years old now, if by some magical force I was given 10 minutes to sit down with my 18 year old self, what little pearls of wisdom would I so have cherished to have around my neck back then….even if while I rolled them between my fingers I didn’t fully understand their value quite yet.
I have restricted myself to 10.
I’m sure I could string more together.
· I know you hate hearing it, but really really, for so many reasons, the most wonderful years of your life are while you are school.
· The thing you will miss the most when you are grown up is your December holiday.
· The person you are at 18 is not the person you are at 21, or the person you are at 25. You will start to get more comfortable with who you are by then though.
· You can never grow inside your comfort zone. You will hate it. You will wish it away…but be brave. The absence of fear means you’re too comfortable.
· Not all your dreams will come true. This is not a license to stop dreaming however.
· You can never talk to God enough.
· As you move from place to place and season to season, make a point to keep investing in a few treasured friendships. Make an effort to call them, make an effort to write to them. Nobody expects you to do this everyday, or every week even. Collect them like gems in a crown, acknowledge what a beautiful thing they were in your immediate world at one stage, and believe that whatever distance separates you cannot prevent their continued contribution to your life.
· You are NOT as fat as you think you are.
· You can't explain being angry, or any emotion really. Mostly it is irrational. Non-sensical. But you still feel it. You can't deny it.
· A relationship should never be more work than it is worth.
I have restricted myself to 10.
I’m sure I could string more together.
· I know you hate hearing it, but really really, for so many reasons, the most wonderful years of your life are while you are school.
· The thing you will miss the most when you are grown up is your December holiday.
· The person you are at 18 is not the person you are at 21, or the person you are at 25. You will start to get more comfortable with who you are by then though.
· You can never grow inside your comfort zone. You will hate it. You will wish it away…but be brave. The absence of fear means you’re too comfortable.
· Not all your dreams will come true. This is not a license to stop dreaming however.
· You can never talk to God enough.
· As you move from place to place and season to season, make a point to keep investing in a few treasured friendships. Make an effort to call them, make an effort to write to them. Nobody expects you to do this everyday, or every week even. Collect them like gems in a crown, acknowledge what a beautiful thing they were in your immediate world at one stage, and believe that whatever distance separates you cannot prevent their continued contribution to your life.
· You are NOT as fat as you think you are.
· You can't explain being angry, or any emotion really. Mostly it is irrational. Non-sensical. But you still feel it. You can't deny it.
· A relationship should never be more work than it is worth.
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