Life lessons

1. The world is so big and I am so small. I know so little.

2. When two people speak, they converse with their entire universes behind them. We can only speak from, see from, hear from our own. Empathy and imagination are bridges we build with the resources we have.

3. These universes are always in motion and our own are in flux. All things are variables and all things engage with each other in infinite ways. These variables are acted upon by other variables who will then act upon as they are acted upon.

4. All variables of existence (histories, experiences, beliefs, values, moods, personalities, interactions, and more) are entangled with each other. To only regard one as the sole determinate of existence is a kind of myopia as it is a kind of choice.

5. A relationship is two people agreeing to exchange their terms and language for the universe. With negotiation and trust. Yet none can ever truly remove themselves from their separate and infinite contexts.

6. All we have is trust. It cannot be demanded or forced. It shouldn't be but is often exploited.

7. We are all aware of the violence we commit. We either justify, excuse, deny, or don't bother with it. And all of these for different reasons.

8. Everything happens at once. Everything exists simultaneously.

9. Everyone chooses and champions their own metrics. We all measure reality differently and at various resolutions.

10. We can either judge or understand. One or the other in our moments. The choice we make is a product of our circumstances.

11. Choice may not even exist given the space between the thought and the synaptic reactions that lead to the physical, emotional, and psychological reactions. Maybe choice is the poetry of the universe.

12. Seek balance in all things.

13. We are all alike and different.

14. We only know what we know. We don't know what we don't know. We can only bring what we have to the table.

15. Change is constant.

16. We all have our own bullshit.

17. We will never not make mistakes, misjudgments, or turn back on our own decisions and choices.

18. "Truth" is a language and a vision. It is not universal or transcendent.

19. Love and grace and beauty and compassion are the only transcendent realities. We all grasp it at different times but will never own it. Be wary of those who claim to.

20. These things you are blessed and cursed to learn, forget, and relearn forever and ever unto all eternity in every life and iteration.