18 Rules

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18 Rules

My daughter Cassidy, who turns 32 today, found a little thing that I wrote for her on the occasion of her 18th birthday called Eighteen Rules for Your Eighteenth Birthday.

Worry about learning/ Don't worry about school
Worry about quality/ Don't worry about quantity
Worry about what you can affect/ Don't worry about things you can't control
Worry about sameness/ Don't worry about change
Worry about perennials/ Don't worry about annuals
Worry about understanding/ Don't worry about asking questions
Worry about substance/ Don't worry about appearance
Worry about cats/ Don't worry about dogs
Worry about old reliables/ Don't worry about passing fancies
Worry about safety/ Don't worry about speed
Worry about falsehood/ Don't worry about truth
Worry about vocabulary/ Don't worry about voice
Worry about growing/ Don't worry about aging
Worry about song/ Don't worry about noise
Worry about who you are/ Don't worry about how you look
Worry about family/ Don't worry about strangers
Worry about being too serious/ Don't worry about laughing
Worry about doing your best/ Don't worry about how you do
...and remember that I love you.
Papa

posted on Jan 30, 2010 7:42 AM ()

Comments:

Remember that alleged graduation speech attributed to what's his name, the sci-fi, oops no longer sci-fi, now I'm whatever Kurt Vonnegutt himself? This is every bit as profound and deserves to be spread around the country.

comment by troutbend on Feb 1, 2010 8:45 PM ()

Some great advice there, but can't one worry about both cats and dogs?

comment by miker on Jan 30, 2010 7:16 PM ()

Funny that the cat/dog one seems to have generated the most comment...

reply by looserobes on Jan 31, 2010 6:49 AM ()

As the now 32 year old daughter, I'd like share that I certainly appreciate & love him dearly. I even saved another poem he wrote me for my 21st birthday.