take pictures. walk to the drug store on a crisp summer night and buy one of those old cheap cameras. carry it like you would a child. when you smile, genuinely, take a photo. when you feel that warm touch of the sun on your face and the wind tangling your hair into knots, take a photo. every moment is so precious. keep these pictures until you are seventy three and barely remember the names of the faces you once pressed your lips to. keep them until "film" is an unknown word.
when love is coarsing fast through your veins, wrap your hands around the source. squeeze tighter, don't stifle your breath. don't let your words drop like anchors down your throat. don't let the world tell you that you're not enough. love is love. it is not a hand on your thighs or the shaking afterwards. it is not purchased in pink giftwrap. it is whatever you make it. and even though it may not last forever, you can only pretend that this will be the last time you ever touch. love infinitely and exhaustively.
never let anyone's opinions or decisions put a halt to the pursuit of your own happiness. you are the creator of this life that you own. you were born with so much potential and so much passion that it floods out of you like rainwater. destroy the drought. you are free to be anything you could ever dream of, and more. there are always second chances; every moment you feel is a failiure is only a lesson in a perilous disguise. if you are sad, do not drown yourself in your own despair. do not douse yourself in liquor. do not keep secrets packed away in dimly lit corners. someone loves you. I love you. there is hope in even the places that seem forlorn.
above all else, live every day as if it is your only. take chances. take chances. take chances. never pass up on an opprotunity due to fear. you may slip up and make a faulty choice. but in the end, your heaviest regrets will be not getting into that car. not kissing the girl with the beautiful blonde hair. not hugging someone goodbye, or calling them to tell them you love them in the peak of morning. every second is more precious than money can label. stop dragging yourself from the grasp of your sheets when you wake with a sigh- rise even earlier to see the lavender sky and smile because you're alive and every single **** day is a novel anxiously awaiting to be scribbled down. grab his hand and squeeze it tighter. hold her hips and memorize their shape. never let go. ask questions. push yourself. live.