Notes to Self

c. Feb 2015

Being little is to be fierce.

It’s okay to stand up for your beliefs

If someone else is trying to suppress them.

Be strong.

Be resilient.

Be you.

Don’t let someone else tell you how to live your life.

You may be an adult,

You may have a boss

Or a parent

Or a coworker

Who thinks they can transform you

Into a better, more responsible person.

Be responsible

But be fun.

Play that pokemon game,

It’ll make you relate to kids more.

Listen to that rap song

Even if your coworkers think you’re a little too old.

Hold onto your childhood

And bring it with you everywhere you go

Like that yo-yo you kept in your backpack when you were in high school.

Walk everywhere with the confidence you had

When you walked across that stage at graduation

In heels that your father said were too tall for someone like you.

Show him the heels were meant to make your stature

Stand as tall as your personality.

Work with the same conviction,

That same loud pride,

That same addicting drive

That you have always dug out of you core.

Remember

The little things

Because those will always help you find your way when you are lost

And you will get lost,

But you have worked your way out of the woods countless times already

And you know there is nothing that can stop you

When you keep pushing forward.

Remember

Animals are people too.

Remember

Jerks are people too.

Remember

Hurting someone else as pay back doesn’t make it right.

Remember how it felt to be five.

To have your bleach blonde locks tied up in pigtails

Pulled tightly to keep distractions out of your face.

Live like that girl whose eyes were always open to insane possibilities

And whose ears welcomed the sound of the pounding summer rain.

Remember to laugh that high pitched laugh

And to snort when the time calls for it.

Remember to be happy.

Remember you’re here for a reason.

Remember to love like there’s no tomorrow

And dream as if your wildest fantasies could come true.

Remember

Everything will be okay.