Life's Little Guidelines

1. There is music everywhere, just listen.
2. A smile is a light in the window of your face, showing your heart is home.
3. Dance like no one credible is watching.
4. Obnoxious noises are, well, obnoxious.
5. Listen to your friends, even if they’re wrong. They are right because they care enough to give advice.
6. BOOKS ARE AMAZING!!!!!
7. Forgive, but don’t forget. You can learn from others mistakes as well as your own.
8. We’re only given a spark of craziness, you mustn’t lose it.
9. Mechanical pencils are better…
10. Smokey says you too can prevent book burnings.
11. Forgive your enemies, it’ll mess with their heads.
12. Grace = silly
13. Be yourself. Don’t try to be different, because you will be like everyone else attempting to be freakishly different.
14. Life is about being elegantly disheveled.
15. Meditate in the wilds of your mind.
16. Feel the aliveness of the frost.
17. Taste the wind for happiness.
18. See the artwork in everything. The shadow and light, the conflict and peace.
19. Warm each others feet.
20. Don’t force people to change to be like you. Understand how everyone else works. Then see how you fit in with them.
21. Keep your socks on and your spatulas clean

Copyright 2011 Abigail Chapman