Rules For My Daughter(s)
1. Don’t knock it ’til you try it.
2. Say Thank You for every act of hospitality.
3. Travel light through life. Keep only what you need.
4. Put cinnamon & nutmeg in your coffee.
5. It’s okay to cry when you’re hurt. It’s also okay to smash things; but, wash your face, clean your mess, and get up off the floor when you’re done. You don’t belong down there.
7. Seek out the people and places that resonate with your soul.
8. Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.
9. 5-second rule. It’s just dirt. There are worse things in a fast food cheeseburger.
10. Happiness is not a permanent state. Wholeness is. Don’t confuse these.
11. If you’re staying more than one night, unpack your bag.
12. Never walk through an alley.
13. Be less sugar, more spice, and only as much nice as you’re able to without compromising yourself.
14. "Can’t" is a cop-out. "Don’t want to" is perfectly acceptable.
15. Hold your heroes to a high standard. Be your own hero.
16. If you can’t smile with your eyes, don’t smile. Insincerity is nothing to aspire to.
17. Never lie to yourself.
18. Your body, your rules.
19. If you have an opinion, you better know why.
20. Study your curiosities and practice your passions.
21. Ask for what you want.
22. Wish on stars and dandelions, then get to work.
23. Don’t skimp on good sheets.
24. Fall in love often. Particularly with ideas, art, music, literature, food, and far-off places.
25. Fall hard and forever in love with nothing but yourself.
26. Say please, thank you, and pardon me, whenever the situation warrants it.
27. Reserve I’m sorry for when you truly are.
28. Naps are for grown-ups, too.
29. Question everything except your own intuition.
30. Ask yourself if this is the best that you can do, if not, do better.
31. You have enough. You are enough.
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