Things a boy-becoming-a-man needs to know

There is a God. You are not Him.

You are going to die, so get busy living.

Truth is your friend, no matter how painful.  Lies are your enemy, no matter how pleasant.

The occasion that requires you to act on principle will always come at a most inopportune time.

Suck the marrow out of life, but don’t choke on the bone.

Don’t be the idiot that drives the speed limit in the fast lane.

Tattoos are like suicide: a permanent solution to a temporary problem.