Because I'm Old Now

I just became 21years old not 2 months ago. Which means I'm old enough to have learned some wisdom already. And since I am so old and wise I accidentally made a list of life lessons I wish I could insert into my little siblings' lives to make growing up easier for them. Since life doesn't work that way and humans really like to learn by trial and error not by being told, I just buried this list in my diary and forgot about it for weeks. Now, reading back through diary entries for inspiration, I came upon this again and decided I need to keep it near me cause guess what. I still have mastered all these perfections myself.

Advices to Littler Ones* **
*not a comprehensive list; sporadic accidental inspiration is all this is
**because this advise is directed at me I must be littler than myself??



➡Don't fight the truth.

➡Be absolutely certain the people you trust are the right people. To my sibs: your parents (/family) and your church will always be the right people. Not everyone else will have your total happiness in mind and not everyone else will tell the truth. But your mum and dad, they always will.

➡Something I wish to never forget is that everything I do will affect someone else in some way. Everything. Don't hurt the ones you love.

➡Being kind, being merciful, showing grace, forgiving. You can never do too much of these things. Always be kinder than necessary.

➡Fighting things by yourself or fighting yourself by yourself is lonely. Share your battles; usually that makes them easier.

➡There's always someone who has life harder than you. Truth.

➡Think more about others. Right now I can hear 4 year old sister asking "how's school [brother]?" And even after his grunted answer continuing with "how WAS school? Was [your friend] there? Did you play hockey? Huh [brother]?" How sweet of her.

➡Let the other person win. The argument, the discussion, the reprimand, any conflict, any time you are tempted to fight back. Winning will never make me happier especially if I made someone else sadder by doing so. Never.

➡Feel pain. But shut out useless angry feelings, injustice, unkindNess. Feeling pain and sadness for good reasons is a good thing just...

➡Don't let sadness be who you are. Rise above your past, your regret, other's cruelty. It just wastes time you could spend being happy and having a good life.

🌅from the Littler Sunset Watcher