The more you live the more you realize what you can and cannot control.  The more you try to control the uncontrollable (the weather, other people, your hormones, age, grey hair, big government) the more unhappy you become.

In grade 10 you have to choose the courses you will take for the rest of your academic life, in effect. Simply put, with hormones raging, love of boys and your stuffed bunny concurrently, one foot in childhood and one in adulthood, you must know what you want to be when you grow up.

The world has not shown all of itself to you and it has barely had a glimpse of you and all that you can do. It is ludicrous and limiting  to think you are able to make big world -big life choices now.

I sat my 15 year old down and said the people with 95% in calculus have no further guarantee of life happiness then the people with long skinny legs or hefty trust funds. Life is a mystery but the rules are simple. Show up for it, do your best, work hard, play harder, love deep,  share your sandwich if someone is hungry, don’t take yourself too seriously .

‘Life is a crapshoot, sweets.’

‘You are swearing a lot these days, mom.’

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