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1) Be a good friend to everyone, guys and girls. It is good training on how to relate to everyone.
2) That guy who is so mean to you? Don't worry. He works for Target in the future and you work in as close to your dream job as you can get.
3) Pay attention in class - all of them. And do your best to remember what you learn, even when it seems useless. Someday it will help you talk to all kinds of people. Plus, your grown-up friends are much smarter than you are.
4) You're not as ugly or weird as you feel. Be confident that you might just be more than "the funny kid." (Otherwise you'll still be working on this at 25.)
5) You're not as funny as you think you are. You're funny, just not that funny.
6) When you lose your best friend, remember, in your sadness, that someday, you'll be able to relay that story to dozens of kids who are going through the same thing. It happens to everyone. You're not alone.
7) Guard your heart. Even when you're feeling at your loneliest. Only give it to someone who has proven they can take care of it. It'll be hard, but if you paid attention at the beginning of the list you'll have great friends around you.
8) This is the most important thing - that faith thing you're still sort of wondering about? It works. Hold onto Jesus. Even when it feels like He's not real or there, He is. He's why you ended up in a great family with great friends and teachers. It wasn't an accident. It was on purpose.
Okay. I'm off to my flying car now (that's a lie. They still haven't figured that out and it's 2012. You should work on that too).
Sincerely (because that's how your teachers have taught you to close letters and you're listening to them, right?),
-Your post-college self-
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