Don’t worry about finding your person. Focus on finding your people.


15, 21



The person you have the most electric connection to may not be the ideal choice for a life partner.


15, 19, 21



If there’s a ever a bird in the house, close the interior doors, open the doors to the outside and shoo it out with a broom.


18



Cut people some slack, everyone is entitled to a bad day.


17-20



Intimacy is a feeling of safety. To let yourself be seen, touched, known, without defenses.


17, 21



Talking to people you disagree with is sometimes difficult. But it doesn’t have to be. Enter every conversion assuming you have something to learn.


14, 18, 21



We’re born full of love. Life is about choosing where you want to put it. -xo


15, 19, 21



In marriage there will be times or occasions when one of you will be “pilot” and the other “copilot” (depending on skills, abilities, circumstances, etc.) Both pilot and copilot are good! But never be a “passenger” in a relationship.


21



Parent the way you want your children to behave. Compassion, patience. Loving.


1, 2, 3, 4



Apollo 13 and The Martian Great movies about space, science, engineering, etc. Watch together.


12



Connect with people however you can, in whatever way feels natural to you: Talk, listen, perform, compete, create, laugh, pray, explore, share your truth, acknowledge the divine in yourself and in everyone you meet.


16, 21



Create tech-free zones and times.


10, 11, 12, 13, 19, 21



Enroll in cooking lessons. We'll need to find you someone who knows how to cook. (Don't tell mom I said that.)


14



Check out news-for-kids websites like Dogo News and NBC Learn.


7



Sometimes (oftentimes) the truth is easier to find than to face.


14, 20



open your own business


20



If car breaks down, if at all possible, avoid pulling over on the highway. Get off the highway and pull to safety.


16



Family trip to a NASCAR race..


6



“Your goals will kick you in the shins and steal your lunch money.” -Jon Acuff. You have to fight back, even though some days you lose. Failure is part of the process. Keep going.


19



The opposite of addiction is connection.


11, 14, 17, 20



Dress for energetic alignment. Screw what other people think. Your ability to live a creative, wholehearted life is inversely proportional to how much you care what people think of you. (Care what YOU think of yourself. Express yourself however you can as long as you’re not causing harm or breaking the law. Have fun. Be gentle to yourself.


13, 15, 17, 19, 21



When it comes to judging your behavior at school/ sports/ work, ask: Was I fair? Was I kind? Did I put in the work? If the answers are all “Yes,” then rest well. If an answer is “No,” then fix it.


16



Do not be daunted at the world’s grief. Do justly now. Love Mercy now. Walk humbly now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it. -The Talmud


15



Buy life insurance when you're young.


21



When they’re upset just ask what they need: space, distraction, or talk about it.


12



It’s okay to feel jealous. Totally normal, totally human. Just never act on jealousy.


12, 14, 16, 19, 21



Discuss the definition And ramifications of sexual misconduct (harassment, consent, etc.)


12



Ask yourself "What kind of man do I want to be?"


14-21



Toddler years: Tater tots make everything better. The smaller ones cook faster and you don't have to turn them.


2



It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. ____ In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized. ____ If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.” — Haim G. Ginott, Teacher and Child: A Book for Parents and Teachers (Re-ticket this every year.)


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