I feel fairly certain about all of this

1. Kindness and respect are always the best options… but boundaries are always 100% necessary for peace and safety

2. Your gut is always correct. Don’t let your thoughts/hopes/fears muddy them.

3. You will always be a work in progress. None of us will ever be finished until we are dead… so keep learning. There will always be times when you are wrong. Accept them. Some of my writing has sucked or has weak spots I didn’t see. Some of it was awesome. None of it will ever be purely one or the other.

4. You are your own weird universe. And you be your dog’s universe. You are probably no one else’s universe. Accept that. Embrace your universe. Clean it, forgive it, accept it. Make it a sweet place to be. Others may want to visit you. Probably not everyone. Oh well.

5. Cuss strategically and appropriately

6. Performances are for actors. And only when they on stage.

7. Don’t argue with strangers. You won’t win anything.

8. Stand up for others. Smile at strangers. Be loudly and subtly kind in those ways . If someone is crying, hand them a tissue. Risk making it awkward. Risk them shutting down. To hell with it.

9. Mocking a harmless person, or a person who has NOT harmed you, or degrading them in any way, is like kicking a kitten. I see no difference. Shame on yall.

10. Don’t have too many snacks.

That’s all for now.