1. Change is necessary. Everything is changing all the time, and if you don’t do the same, you will be left behind. 2. Fear is not bad. Fearing something means that you’re about to do something amazing. 3. Knowing yourself and accepting who you are means more than being accepted by others. 4. Your talent means more than what people say or think. Not everyone will appreciate what you do, and you must learn to accept that. 5. You never stop missing people. You just get used to their absence. 6. Missing someone isn’t wrong. What is wrong is letting it consume your life. 7. People will walk in and out your life. And that’s ok. You can’t make someone stay if they don’t want to. 8. Not all your friends will last a lifetime. 9. Your future will always make you anxious. Focus on the present to make that future come true instead of getting anxious about something that is yet to come. 10. Make time for you. It doesn’t matter how busy you are. You should be your number one priority, and you need time alone and relaxing too.

I firmly believe in small gestures: pay for their coffee, hold the door for strangers, over tip, smile or try to be kind even when you don’t feel like it, pay compliments, chase the kid’s runaway ball down the sidewalk and throw it back to him, try to be larger than you are— particularly when it’s difficult. People do notice, people appreciate. I appreciate it when it’s done to (for) me. Small gestures can be an effort, or actually go against our grain (“I’m not a big one for paying compliments…”), but the irony is that almost every time you make them, you feel better about yourself. For a moment life suddenly feels lighter, a bit more Gene Kelly dancing in the rain.

If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine. It is lethal