...that the hurricane on the west coast, properly feared and in awe of, like her namesake amounted to a collective ‘meh.’

...that the best response to a society hellbent on requiring the careful, nervous walk through a minefield of eggshells is to tap dance on every fucking egg.

...that one of the best reasons to get up at 5:00am is that you have time to listen to an entire episode of Smartless podcast before even putting on pants.

...that experience is the knowledge that if you do it the same way, the results will be the same as before. Wisdom is deciding to do it a different way.

...that the demons of the past get old and frail with age and seem so much smaller over time.