The secret to happiness, at Thanksgiving or any time, is to reframe obligation as opportunity. You don't have to spend Thanksgiving with your family. You get to. Mary Schmich More Quotes by Mary Schmich More Quotes From Mary Schmich Don't waste your time on jealousy. Mary Schmich sunscreendont-waste-your-timewaste Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t. Mary Schmich peopleyearsinteresting Opening day. All you have to do is say the words and you feel the shutters thrown wide, the room air out, the light pour in. In baseball, no other day is so pure with possibility. No scores yet, no losses, no blame or disappointment. No hangover, at least until the game's over. Mary Schmich hangoverdisappointmentbaseball You can map your life through your favorite movies, and no two people's maps will be the same. Mary Schmich gamblingmovietwo Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. The older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young. Mary Schmich friends-come-and-gofriendshippeople Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday. Mary Schmich realworrytuesday Like many women my age, I am 28 years old. Mary Schmich birthdayfunnyknowledge Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere. Mary Schmich ticketsreadingbook Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room. Mary Schmich ballet-classdanceinspirational Good art is art that allows you to enter it from a variety of angles and to emerge with a variety of views. Mary Schmich angleviewsart The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them. Mary Schmich gamblingmovieactors Replace the words "have to" with "get to" and watch how the cold rain on your life changes to sunshine. Mary Schmich sunshinelife-changingrain Families are ecosystems. Each life grows in response to the lives around it Mary Schmich responseecosystemsgrows For some Chicago expats, food is the medicine that blunts the pain of separation. Mary Schmich medicinechicagopain Do one thing every day that scares you. Mary Schmich scareracelong The secret to happiness, at Thanksgiving or any time, is to find pleasure in imperfection. Mary Schmich imperfectionpleasuresecret Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders. Mary Schmich noblepoliticianchildren Unusual commencement advice: Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97: Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen Mary Schmich gentlemanclassadvice Don't waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself. Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how. Mary Schmich compliments-youracelong On an average day, we allow ourselves the fiction that we own a piece of our workplace. That's part of what it takes to get the job done. Deeper down, we know it's all on loan. Mary Schmich averagejobsfiction
