For My Favorite 10-Year-Old
For Amelia—What I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Turned 10 1. When a boy is mean to you, it doesn’t mean he likes you. It means he is…
May 22, 2011
Ten Words of Advice to Graduates
posted May 18, 2011
What I wish I’d known when I was 22:
1. All the terrible things that happen to you (and terrible things will happen to you) will turn out to be great stories, grist for the mill, food for your growth, opportunities for you to become bigger-hearted and stronger and more resilient, IF you can see them that way and not as pure tragedy.
2. Don’t forget how to play.
3. Establish a spiritual practice, even if it as simple as taking time to connect with the natural world every day.
4. Drink 8 glasses of water per day
5. Move your body, be fully in your body, and don’t think of your body as something you have. If you are “taking care of” your body, you’re not really living in it. You’re missing the point.
6. The more you give generously of yourself, your time, your resources, the more you get.
7. Everything you ingest becomes a part of you–so choose wisely, be it food, entertainment, friends, experiences.
8. Sleep a lot.
9. Compromise with your lovers and friends
10.Master the art of forgiveness.
The Comments
Join the Conversation. Post with kindness.
Leave a Reply
Read More Like This
Good advice, though scientists have a different take on the 8 cups rule:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=eight-glasses-water-per-day
well well well said ♥