Things I’d Rather Not:
– have a disease named after me
– become famous or, worse, infamous
– knowingly, or even accidentally, harm any living creature
– be the last living person on earth
– lose my sense of humor
– disbelieve in something more, something after life
– expect others to be just like me
– live in darkness
– let any kind of anger or resentment take up precious space in my head
– let fear of the unknown stop me from trying to find out
– grow old, be ungrateful or die all alone
– lose a friend, for any reason
– dilute my spirit by wanting to be someone else
– have even a crumb of hatred in my heart
– be unforgiving
– deny or ignore the past without first learning its lessons
– become arrogant or righteous in my beliefs
– imprison myself with any label
– think that woman is in any way a lesser being
– forget that what’s inside any person is what really matters
– judge others, unless and until it becomes necessary.
Even then, I’d rather not.