41 Things I Almost Know for Sure

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Truth is subjective. What’s true for one person may not be for another. After 41 years, I’ve learned the only constant is change, and the only certainty is uncertainty. In no particular order, these are the 41 things I almost know for sure.

1. Nothing is more precious than the time we have left with the people who matter most to us. We take it for granted that the people who love us unconditionally will always be a phone call away. Families are unforgivingly complex, messy, and imperfect. But if you’re lucky enough to be close to them and have time to spend with them, don’t ever take it for granted.

2. Creative success is a blessing and a curse. Before you have any commercial success as a creative, you have nothing to lose. Nobody has any expectations of you, readers, agents, editors or publishers. After you’re successful, you have something to lose and something to protect. But you have to keep playing the infinite game of creativity as if you have nothing to lose. That was what made you successful in the first place.

3. When you expect nothing, everything comes to you. Expectations are an attempt to control the uncontrollable. This is the cause of all of our suffering…