Thoughts!

The thing I could be most ashamed about is that I love my parents.

I wonder sometimes if she hates that I left as much as I do and wants me to come back, too.

I would be a different person if I were still around her and our friends.

You need to converse more gracefully.

That other people notice me seems odd sometimes.

That my name is so odd may make people see me as some sort of odd specimen, wouldn’t it?

We don’t choose who we love, but we definitely choose whether we can love yet.

I definitely don’t want to be an old maid.

Smelling a good dish is about as good as tasting it sometimes.

Even attempts to be well-rounded make you look–and I guess feel good.

Mental note: find the number for the piano lessons place.

Walk more.

Avoid fried chicken.

Stop trying to improve yourself like you’re Holmes-on-Homes–ing your soul.

Sleep more.

Let it be.

Smile at others more.

Hope they smile back.

Someday you won’t need so many imperatives, and then just sitting back and relaxing will be the only thing on your To-Do List.

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