And if candor strikes to forcefully, step back, draw careful breath, and consider the angle your words must take before you open your mouth, let them leak out. Because once you tilt the truth, it becomes a lie.

Once ...Why ...lie? ...when ...truth is ...the easier path

Don't make me laugh, I'd much rather cry.

back turned, you don't have to look at what you've left behind. And the first person who turned their back on you can't watch you break down and cry.

But more importantly, you are a gift, to all who know you, whether or not they realize it. If they don't, they are blind. You have a special place in this world. All you hvae to do is find it.

But death doesn't scare me. To know exactly when I might expect it, up close and in my face, would actually be a comfort. Because to tell the truth, most of the time dying seems pretty much like my only means of escape.

Must be nice to have that kind of unshakable belief in a merciful higher power.