My dear, Yesterday I witnessed a woman buying a mansion sized house she couldn’t afford, on credit, trying to impress her neighbors who she secretly (well, not so secretly) despises; While her husband bought a new Mercedes, with a loan, trying to impress his boss and his boss’ golf buddies (who he thinks are overly paid scam-artists). Too many people buy things they don’t need, with money they don’t have, trying to...

My dear, The writer notices more than just trees when they look towards the forest – they see the mood the forest creates, the back and forth sway of the leaves, and the pace of the squirrels around said trees. When a dancer notices motion in all its forms they see more than just walking or running or jogging. They see the thrust of the legs, the counterbalance of the upper and lower halves of the body, and the all-together motion of...

My dear, Most people say that they never get the opportunities to do what they want. But they’re wrong. What most people don’t realize is that they never answer opportunity when it knocks. They don’t realize that they’re deaf to that first rap on their door, and that’s all the knocking that opportunity will do before it leaves and knocks on someone else’s door. Someone more eager to answer it. What most...

My dear, Suffer the pain of discipline or suffer the pain of regret. The main thing you’re going to have to ask yourself is whether or not pain now (discipline) is better than pain later (regret). The answer – it always is. The pain of regret is one that eats away at you mentally and spiritually. You lose yourself as a person if you have too many regrets. But if you’re willing to suffer the pain of discipline the exact...

My dear, Leave the ones who try to change you. Leave the ones who try to ‘upgrade’ you. Leave the ones who manipulate you. Leave the ones who want everything their own way. (The one’s who never budge.) Leave the ones who only realize what they had when you’re gone. Be with someone who knows what they have when they have you. Falsely yours, A....

My dear, Shame on you if you only do good because you were promised heaven. Shame on you if you only do good because God is watching. Shame on you if you only do good to shield yourself from the consequences of earlier wrong doings. Are you not ashamed that you do not see the merit of doing good for goodness’ sake? Are you not ashamed that all your good deeds are selfish? Are you not ashamed that without the promise of happiness for...

My dear, Give someone three hours to complete specific ‘all-day’ tasks and surprisingly they’ll come in at just three hours saying they’re done. But give them all day to do as they please and they’ll sit around dilly-dallying until the sun goes down. In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia. We as humans are flawed like that. Heck, might as well call us...

My dear, Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly. Just when it thought all hope was lost and all doors were closed, hope was returned ten-fold and the doors were flown off their hinges. … Just when you thought you couldn’t do anything else, just when you thought life had you beat and cornered – you found something within you, something great that could overcome it all. Falsely yours, A....

My dear, Generally speaking, you aren’t learning much when your lips are moving. Try it if you don’t believe me. Go out, speak until your mouth gets soar, and when you can’t speak no more, try to remember how many new things you learnt that day. Quiet people know the secret… emulate them. Falsely yours, A....

My dear, Good or bad, most advice gets repeated by people with only half a clue as if it’s the undeniable truth. Causing hundreds of people to believe one and all things, which sooner rather than later leads to confusion in the masses. My rules are: Do not repeat anything you’re not fully certain about. Do not repeat anything you know to be a lie. Do not repeat anything you will not sign your name to. And do not expect to not...