Advice to self

Self medicate with chocolate and caffeine. Instead of beer (too early and by self) or cocaine (it might be habit forming).

Realize that snow will end and that it is no more interminable than the darkness of my mother's womb.

Stop trying to be reborn.

Don't beat self up for feeling depressed. Even if that has been the way all along.

Understand the repercussions.

Look for religion in all of the wrong places.

Lie down and let sun curl up on back.

Don't think about Iraq.

Get dressed. Do something with day.

Don't wait.

Choose not to make a choice.

Enjoy the exquisiteness of an unexpected moment.

Gather up essences and then let go.

Weave self into tapestry.

Remember that an image is a snippet of time and circumstance.

Write to not have to think. Write to not have to feel. Goes for taking pictures too.

Write to think. Write to feel. Pictures too.

Notice details.

Let people care.

Give love.

Receive. All of the definitions.

P.S.

Watch Buffy and laugh.

Take self less seriously. Selfish, not selfless.