Posted by Gracie2 on November 26, 2001, at 22:58:32
In reply to youre still young at heart =) (nm), posted by Katey on November 26, 2001, at 21:20:20
Oh my God you guys aren't old, you're kittens. The only advice I have, out of my ancient 41 years, is to get the hell away from your parents.
They love you but they will never understand.Sadly, some people have to hit bottom before they claw their way back to the top, and some people don't make it. But you will because you have a strong sense of self-preservation.
Just don't do really stupid stuff. Don't smoke crack or inject drugs. Don't have unprotected sex
with strangers. Don't put yourself in a position where you could be raped or worse.Teenage years are hard and sometimes your twenties are even worse. I have a favorite line from an old "Who" song (have you heard of them?) that says, "I woke up in a Soho doorway when a policeman yelled my name - he said,
'You can go home tonight if you can get up and walk away'." Been there.My thirties were better. It gets easier, particularly if you find a family to love, but even without. Your hormones settle down, you start to think about what you really want to do;
live on a mountaintop in a cabin and make jewelry for a living. Sit on the beach at Key West and paint the sunset. Start a charity ward. Be a lawyer. Climb Mount Everest. All this stuff starts occuring to you, things you never thought about before, and suddenly you have a goal.All you have to do is hang in there, and I really hope you do. God if I can make it, anyone can.
-Gracie
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