Plain and Simple

In the crowded restaurant, people who thought they knew us surrounded us. After all, they had watched us grow up. Twenty different conversations swelled about us and children scampered over us. The waiter waved from across the room with a wink, and few people scooted into the long booth with us with a “Hey!” But, all I really heard was the real girl next to me, living a real life through its craziest moments. When we finally dried our private tears in the public throng and said “goodbye,” I wished for the entire world to know some thoughts.




Everything passes.

Nobody stays the same.

Nothing is what it looks like.

Preaching at does not make a listener.

Children actually do want to like their parents.

Being trusted is as important as love or respect.

What will make you “happy” is not what you think it is.

Know the anwer to your probing question before you ask it.

Even the selfless one can be the most selfish person to be found.

Chocolate is a marvel, a necessity, an undertaker…sooner or later.

If someone is gorgeous, they probably do not think about that very much.

If a man has “unspoken intentions” for a woman then he has no intentions.

A teardrop is the tip of an iceberg melting over from the boiling heat inside.

Our own worldview can hinder us from obtaining true fulfillment in our lives.

If all the girls like the same guy because he likes them, then you definitely should not.

If someone is different from you, they are not wrong because of it—and they need respect, too.

Parents, your children love you so much they actually will not tell you the extent of how you hurt them.

If you mention something about their appearance every time you see someone, they will find you creepy.

After age eighteen, the cultural expectation is—unintelligent—if the individual was not ready for it at sixteen.

You can let go verbally, while you’re heart hangs on—and your loved ones will know when it is still incomplete.

Press someone consistently with your fears for them, and they will be closer to the fears coming true than they were before they knew them well.



That’s all.