There is a video at the end of this post and I am posting it because today is the birthday of a friend of mine and I won’t be able to be with her today as she is in a land far far away.
If she were here sitting across the table from me at our favorite ice house, this is what I would say to her on the anniversary of her birth.
You are fabulous just the way you are. Don’t let anyone infer, suggest, insinuate or
blatantly tell you otherwise, especially someone younger than you. (You can still listen to me because as you
never let me forget I am older than you by fifty-six days.)
It’s ok if you’re bossy.
Men call it “Leadership” and get paid one-and-a-half to a thousand times
more than women to be that way. Lead on, Sista.
Don’t let advertisers or sales-sluts make you feel less
beautiful than you are just to sell you something. You clean up nicely.
Stop hiding the fact that you are brilliant. Get up and put on your smarty-pants every
day. In a world of low-wattage
intelligence, we need your brain power.
We are not our history. Whatever has happened in our past is behind
us. And I have the big behind to prove
it.
Create for yourself. You
are talented, innovative and often fearless when it comes to a creative project. Tell all internal and external art critics to
go eat worms.
As for gardening, you can throw in the towel or wipe the
sweat with it and keep digging. This
applies to other things too.
Let go of crap you can’t control. Take the very best care of yourself that you can. Rest, relax, and resist the urge to ruminate.
Whatever you do, always be my friend.
Now, Let's Dance.
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