Saturday, March 5, 2011

20 Things I Learned Before the Age of 20

1. Repeat something enough times, you'll have faith in it.
2. Women use emotion, men use logic, master both.
3. You have no idea how badly everyone wants to be the first.
4. Everyone has the same issues as a teenager, just different levels.
5. Repeat something enough times to believe it.
6. Embrace your fear of loneliness, it'll give a power most don't have.
7. Any pimple not on your nose is no big deal, even bleeding ones.
8. Everybody/ lies. Everybody sleeps./ Some will lie to sleep./
9. Trust nobody's appearance, not even your own.
10. Remember what you're supposed to repeat.
11. Most people use tattoos as distractions from their inner attractions
12. Don't worry about fitting in, this is the time when people make scars. It'll be space for you in them.
13. Trust your instincts...figure out what they're saying first
14. If you think someone else will save you, you're already doomed.
15. I love you is the hardest thing to repeat, believe and remember.
16. Forgive your father for going back to Africa, lament him for not taking you.
17. Hearts eventually break into sand. Learn to make hourglasses.
18. Anything bleeding not on your nose is a big deal.
19.What do you do in/a world that doesn't want you?/You make a new one/
20. Repeat and remember those three words, your logic and emotion will thank you.

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