- Don't take anything for granted. Life can change in a hummingbird's heartbeat. One moment, you are on stable, easy ground. The next, you're treading quicksand. So, make sure to appreciate even the smallest, most mundane moments every day.
- You can't choose who you love. Love chooses for you.
- The person you love the most is the person who can hurt you the most.
- Mental illness sucks.
- Addiction sucks.
- You cannot force an addict to become sober, no matter how hard you try.
- Addiction is a selfish disease. An addict will turn his back on his significant other, children, family, job, and life in pursuit of his addiction.
- You can't love a person into sobriety.
- Did I mention that addiction sucks?
- I am stronger than I realized.
- God is looking out for me, all the time. When I was at rock bottom this past year, staring up at the sky from the pit of a forgotten well, God stepped in, rolled up His sleeves, and went to work.
- There are tons of people in my life who care about me very deeply.
- My daughter is an amazing person. She's smarter and stronger than I will ever be.
- Poetry can save your life.
- Friends come and go, like busboys in a restaurant, as Stephen King wrote.
- There is nothing wrong with sameness. Boring is not bad. It's stable and comforting.
- Sometimes, simply getting out of bed in the morning is the biggest victory of your day.
- Never, EVER say to yourself, "Well, it couldn't get any worse!" It WILL get worse.
- I could live at Walt Disney World.
- I am not a big fan of blizzards or snow storms.
- I still have dreams.
- Hope is a sustaining life force, not an unrealistic fantasy.
- Fear really is the opposite of faith.
- Don't chew loudly around me. I will kill you.
- I hate Donald Trump.
- My son is sweet, generous, and loving.
- My son is frustrating and short-tempered.
- I love my son.
- I love my daughter.
- I love my wife.
- Love always wins.
There you have it! Saint Marty's life lessons for 2018/2019. Print them on a tee-shirt. Make a meme. Turn them into an app. Just remember, Saint Marty gets a 40% cut of the profits.
I need the tshirt, although it will be down to my knees if the font is going to be big enough to read.
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