Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.
Mary SchmichDonโt feel guilty if you donโt know what you want to do with your lifeโฆthe most interesting people I know didnโt know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still donโt.
Mary SchmichReplace the words "have to" with "get to" and watch how the cold rain on your life changes to sunshine.
Mary SchmichI couldn't have foreseen all the good things that have followed my mother's death. The renewed energy, the surprising sweetness of grief. The tenderness I feel for strangers on walkers. The deeper love I have for my siblings and friends. The desire to play the mandolin. The gift of a visitation.
Mary Schmich