What then is important?

How shall I apportion my time?

Who will I befriend?

And what say I of the one in the mirror?

***

Don’t prioritize your looks, my friend, as they won’t last the journey

Your sense of humor, though, will only get better with age

Your intuition will grow and expand like a majestic cloak of wisdom

Your ability to choose your battles will be fine-tuned to perfection

Your capacity for stillness, for living in the moment, will blossom

Your desire to live each and every moment will transcend all other wants

Your instinct for knowing what (and who) is worth your time will grow and flourish like ivy on a castle wall

Don’t prioritize your looks, my friend, as they will change forevermore

That pursuit is one of much sadness and disappointment

Prioritize the uniqueness that make you you, and the invisible magnet that draws in other like-minded souls to dance in your orbit

Judy Dench