Hard Lessons

Don't forget that as much as you think of yourself, other people are thinking of themselves just as much (or as little).

You can always tell a person who hasn't gotten over their shitty past. They don't open up as much. They don't ever initiate hugs. They assume you mean them harm right away and they are always looking for an excuse to bitch about something. I'm sure we all know somebody like that. Hell, I may even be that somebody you know like that.

Always be yourself. Don't adjust your feelings to other people's moods. If someone's rude to you, take a deep breath, swallow the hate and kill them with kindness (dirty looks are okay).

Cause I'm convinced that somewhere in the universe, every bad thought and evil deed done here on earth is sitting in a vortex and all that pain, sadness and frustration is collecting there, festering, waiting like packed luggage.

And when you are finished with this life, this particular journey, you go right to that filthy baggage claim to collect your comeuppance, your karmic baggage, to take with you into the next life.

So I say, be nice whenever you can, to yourself and to your momma. And like Badu says, pack light.