i may be wrong

Everything I write about comes from my own experience - the things I learn along my life journey and find to be true for me. As with everything I say, I suggest you listen to it, decide whether it's true for you, and discard anything that is not.

Because here's the thing .. I may be wrong. I don't pretend to have all the right answers for myself. And I certainly don't have all the right answers for you.

There will always be people in your life who believe they know what's best for you. How you should think. How you should feel. How you should behave. What you should do. Where you should go to school. What you should believe. What kind of career you should have. Who you should be friends with. Where you should go to church. Whether you can get a tattoo, dye your hair, go to the movies, or wear earrings. How you should cook potatoes. The list is never-ending.

These people may be your family. They may be your friends. They may be religious leaders. They may be politicians. They may be in the media. They may be strangers. They may be your third cousin twice removed on your father's side. They may be your grandmother's best friend since childhood. They may be a lurker on your blog.

Most of them mean well. Really, they do. But in the end, there is only one person who knows what is right for you.

YOU.

It is that small, quiet voice deep within.

I urge you to listen to it. Because not listening to it, and trying instead to please all of those people who think they know best (and you may notice that they never all agree), will do more harm in the long run than you can realize.

But .. there is one thing about which I am absolutely certain I am right. In the summer, ice cream or gelato definitely counts as dinner. And you can quote me on that.