Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.
The strongest possible piece of advice I would give any young woman is: Don't screw around, and don't smoke.
They can conquer who believe they can.
Over the years your bodies become walking autobiographies, telling friends and strangers alike of the minor and major stresses of your lives.
To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information within. With our own eyes we see, and with our own skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle it out for himself or herself.
If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot.
I feel like a tiny bird with a big song!