Take it as a given that my brain, your brain, any brain, any person … they seize upon certain spellings, certain words, certain feelings as their own; that’s part of what makes them individuals.

Don’t be ashamed of these choices; be proud of them. Those choices make you who you are.

Of course i’m wary of people who choose hate and anger. Everyone is going to have a certain amount of anger: it’s what they do with that anger that’s important. Do they channel it. into destructive or constructive efforts? It matters where that energy goes.

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Perfection is another difficult thing, another difficult choice. Most things and most people can never be perfect. But some people get caught up with chasing after perfection, and they waste a lot of time and effort on it.

I used to be more of a perfectionist, but then i loosened up … a little, at least.

Embrace your limitations; don’t fight them. Your quirks are what make you an individual, what make you valuable. Waste as little time as you can on trying to be perfect. Instead, just try to get some stuff done — that’s all we can hope.

Allow yourself to make some mistakes. See what those mistakes are, and see if you can do something with that knowledge. Hopefully being better acquainted with your own mistakes will make you tolerant of everyone else’s.