Advice To My Son

In a texting conversation with my son today, I said a few things that I thought he might want to hear from his old dad.

I said to him:

• Have fun now, don't wait until you're my age
• Work hard to afford to play hard
• Don't do anything to hurt yourself or others and you will SHINE
• You already have love in your heart, now GIVE IT AWAY, you'll make more
• Believe in yourself, believing in yourself is the first step towards happiness
• Treat others like you want to be treated, ALWAYS, even when you don't feel like being nice
• Trust your family, until they give you reason not to
• Don't be mean to family, if you don't want to be around them, they will understand
• Don't say yes and mean no, you'll be miserable
• You're an adult, be one
• Be free
• Be kind
• Don't give expecting anything in return
• Always say thank you
• Always say yes ma'am and no ma'am...even up north
• Save every cent you can for a rainy day, there will be many
• Enjoy the rain
• Stare at a flower
• Marvel at mountains
• Grow something, water it AND yourself
• Say God bless you to a stranger
• Take a walk
• Stop and look at a tree as though you've never seen one before
• Go out to eat with friends
• Go out to eat alone
• People watch
• Go into poor areas of a city when you get down to appreciate what you have
• Look in the mirror and smile...at YOU
• Love yourself
• When you find a problem with yourself, FIX IT
• Have someone to talk to when life throws you a curve ball
• Don't rent, BUY
• Learn something new everyday
• Watch an old cartoon on a Saturday morning
• Turn music up loud
• Listen to people, even when they aren't talking
• Don't think of what you're going to say before the other person finishes, you'll miss something
• Hold a baby
• Look at old pictures
• Buy yourself something every now and then even if you can't afford it

Just be HAPPY!  It's FREE!