Whoever You Are, This is For You

Jean Michel and Suzanne
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Things to consider, when venturing out of your box:

1. Make sure that you are wearing something that makes you feel fearless. Red shoes are good for this. I think Superman, had that right idea: red shin-high boots. The more the better.

2. Go stand in the sun for ten minutes, and feel the warmth on your chest, so you can remember that you are human, but so alive.

3. If you see something on your way to work that lights you up, stop and take it in. Say to yourself, "I love tulip trees" or "I love girls who laugh with their eyes closed" or "I love the smell of coffee in the morning" and feel the truth of it take root. This is so you know that you have an opinion and it is worth something.

4. Laugh

5. Write, call, reach for someone who understands risk. Someone who will remind you that no matter what the outcome, it is only PART of the story.

6. Say to yourself: The only way to experience something is to do something. I am doing something.

7. When the demons of your mind come to tell you the bad news that you really aren't that good or capable or interesting or attractive or have any hope of anything different, know that you are on the right path and make a run for it.

"alyoop, here I go, my life into flames!" -Sandra Cisneros