1) Be gentle with those who love you – even if you’re not totally sure like you them at all- because without their love the world seems a little less friendly.

2) You do NOT have to have a long, drawn out relationship with everyone who takes you to a damn movie.

3) Tequila is NOT beer’s cousin- it’s that crazy mean relative who sneaks up on you and leaves you with a headache and a bad taste in your mouth.

4) Ignore people who tell you to ignore your dreams. They’re usually the ones who lack the talent or initiative to achieve their own.

5) You’re not as fat as you think you are.

6) Not all men are bad. Don’t treat them like they are.

7) You remember when you took DARE and they told you smoking was bad for you and once you started it would be hard to stop? That was true.

8) On a global scale, you are largely insignificant. Make the most of the world around you.

9) Falling asleep in the sun WILL hurt the next day.

10) Failure to put in a two week notice at seventeen will come back to haunt you at twenty-one.

11) Check your oil and engine coolant frequently. They will eventually run out if you don’t.

12) You are not easily forgotten. Sometimes that’s good, sometimes it’s bad.

13) White pickett fences don’t exsist.

14) You are not a rock(or an island). Everybody needs SOMEBODY so don’t fool yourself into thinking otherwise.

15) Happiness can be elusive, hope floats and life AIN’T always beautiful. At the end of the day, you’ve only got yourself to blame.

16) People are a trip. Good, bad, or indifferent, take the time to get to know as many as you can.

17) When you do something stupid, just laugh with everyone else who saw it. It’s your best bet.

18) Sometimes life hurts and no one has a Band-Aid.

19) Holidays are overrated. You shouldn’t wait for a "special" day to let someone know you care.

20) You never know when people will turn their backs on you. You’d also be surprised at when they don’t.