To Teenage Moi

What advice would you give to your teenage self?

This was a fun prompt to read other responses to.

I’m not sure I have good advice for anyone. I’d probably just say don’t worry, life is long. You are going to make some good choices and some bad choices. You can’t control most things anyway. Do your best, don’t be so hard on yourself, and don’t listen to people’s opinions. Follow good examples. Eat better. Smile. Enjoy being young. You are good just the way you are, stop trying to change to be more like you think people want you to be. It just distracts you from the fun you’d be having being yourself.

In case you are wondering, life never got boring, you did become happily married, the church people didn’t know what they were talking about, your parents were right about a few things, and in the end, you ARE an artist (so stop trying to be something else). Also you are smart and you hang out with people who don’t treat like you aren’t

Relax, it’s all going to be ok, (when if feels like it’s not, just wait a little while).

I do wish I knew a thing or two about breathing