are what this whole post is about.

can choose.

need more sleep. And if you don’t need more sleep, you probably shouldn’t mention your abundance of sleep to the person next to you. They’re probably not getting enough sleep.

deserve that cookie. Promise.

don’t always need a good reason.

were missed. Are missed.

are one in a billion. Which means there are 6.5 of you running around the planet. See if you can find you!

did a really great job… even if no one noticed.

make me feel so young, you make me feel there are songs to be sung…

should care more about fit than size. In every way possible.

want that to go?

may have noticed that the horse you’re beating is, well… dead.

are so beautiful, to me.

don’t have to be perfect to be worth it.

have a fantastic laugh. Use it often.

need to look up at the stars now and then and feel the right kind of small.

sure know how to push those buttons!

can have another one, if you like.

don’t have to do it all at once.

look great in that color.

can let that one go.

were once very small, and didn’t know how to do 1,000 of the things you do now. Guess what? You’re still learning stuff. Never stop.

should come in out of the rain.

can call me Al?

don’t need to fuss about how you look in that photo. Someone took it because they wanted to remember you, or that you were there. And even if they remember you with half-shut eyes and a weird smile, they remember you.

successfully read the whole. damn. thing.