- Secrets on how to get through the day
when you are proud and hate yourself.
Always leave a simple task
undone on your to-do list.
This way, even when you are at your worse,
even when you are barely human,
even when you are failure with a mouth,
that will still be something
you can accomplish.
This is why I leave my
socks on the bedroom floor.
It drives my wife insane.
But, it is worth it to feel whole.
I have spent years believing that if
I could just get over X, or accomplish Y,
then finally I would be happy.
I treated every task in front of me
like it was Everest.
Like if I could reach the summit
it would finally be enough.
I was climbing the wrong mountains.
There will always be more pain.
There will always be another dream,
enough is never enough.
You cannot find happiness,
you can only find peace.
I have found peace, on average.
I don't always wear my wedding ring.
Sometimes it's because I forget.
But, sometimes I open the drawer
look at it and close the drawer again.
Because, that ring is a symbol
that I never have to be who I was again.
That ring is a symbol that the best woman
I have ever met loves me.
And, there are days I do
not trust myself enough
to wear it.
Days, I cannot bear the
thought of losing it.
It is okay to put your pride in drawer.
It is okay to be weak.
It is okay to know that that weakness
also makes you strong.
It is okay to be okay.
(audience cheering and applauding)
