Thank you to all my friends & family who have made the effort to celebrate with me, to those who sent their wishes because they couldn't be here.
I'm a better person because of your friendship & love.
Here is some of what you've helped me learn in the past 50 years....
- There is always another gear you haven't discovered...somewhere
- Life is short, enjoy it now
- You're stronger than you think
- You're not as strong as you think you are
- You're often your own harshest critic
- It is OK to march to your own drummer & dance to your own music as long as you don't hurt anyone
- 'Difficult people' often have their own hidden agenda, so just keep on keeping on
- Stop looking around for approval or respect & enjoy the journey
- The ratio of single straight men-to-gay men that you know decreases with age
- Take lots of pictures in lots of different places & make sure you're in some of them
- Potential doesn't mean much if you don't put in the mental and physical work that is required to fulfull it -- Frosty Hesson
- Energy's endless. You think there isn't any more, and then there is. - George Balanchine
- Getting fired isn't the end of the world, although it seems like it may be
- Everything, every experience, every book, every friendship, every lesson, everything is of use.
- People should shock the heck out of you - at least some of the time.
- Pick your battles. The fight you want to fight is often not worth the time, the effort or the risk.
- Kill your darlings - whether they're songs, phrases, paragraphs, pieces.. doesn't matter.
- Life is exciting. The world is exciting. If you're bored it is your own fault.
- If you're not falling down, you're not learning -- Frosty Hesson
