Today, I am 25. Here are things I have found to be worthwhile during my so-far fabulous life:
Birthday girls don't have to get out of bed till noon & they definitely don't have to wear pants.
Forgive. Especially when you don't want to. Especially when you have to forgive yourself.
Wait on true love, do not settle. What you are looking for exists.
Family is the most confusing, maddening, frustrating, stressful, wonderful, loving, happy, thing in life.
Spend time around the people who inspire you.
Turn off the TV, pick up a book.
Jump on trampolines in the early hours of the morning.
Buy a house with a front porch & live out there.
Wake up early & spend time alone with Jesus (add coffee).
And don't say you have no regrets, have regrets. Learn from them. Don't repeat them.
Be brave. Say no. Move on. Do not cave under pressure. Have the guts to find new friends.
Spend money on experiences instead of possessions.
Don't be guarded. Don't have "walls". Expose that heart and love deeply.
Sing loud no matter how you sound (everyone sounds great in the shower).
Learn to be alone & enjoy it.
Really study while you are in school. Really learn.
Keep a journal.
Have compassion. So much compassion.
Be a servant, give your life away to people that are less fortunate than you. To the one's who can never repay you.
Be friends with the girl who plays with chalk, pogo's up and down the street, & has dead hamsters in her closet.
Remember: people are not paying as much attention to you as they think you are.
Say "I love you" first.
Take pictures. Real ones, not on your smart phone.
Climb mountains.
Spend time with your grandparents. Even if (especially if) they are crazy.
Have the cake.
Write letters.
Spend a summer at YL camp. It will change everything.
Let yourself be loved. By Christ, by others, by yourself.
Do not believe the lies that you are unlovable, not good enough, unworthy.
Turn off the AC in the summer & throw open the windows.
Don't risk skin cancer by laying in the tanning bed.
Don't text & drive.
Learn to cook.
Play outside.
Nurture your relationship with Christ.
Read great stories.
Write great stories.
Support the dreams of the people you love.
Leave the sarcasm behind.
Put blueberries in your pancakes.
Move past your past.
Take advantage of Sonic happy hour as much as possible.
Save your $$
Pay your bills.
Watch Tangled & eat popcorn with M&M's on a bad day.
Be really sad when you feel it, & be extremely happy when you feel it.
Be friends with everyone.
Put your phone away when you are spending quality time with the people you love.
Have champagne on New Years.
Play lots of corn hole.
Leave the judgement to God.
Dance in the rain.
Always go sledding.
Enjoy every stage of life.
The world will tell you to get money, spend money, climb the ladder of success, leave others in the dust, win at all costs, fame is everything, looks are most important, be on top, stay on top, drink & smoke & have sex as much as you can.
I tell you, Love God, Love others.
It has worked well for me the past 25 years!
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