8x10 print with the poem below, from the book Advice for Me and Maybe You.
(frame not included)
 
Probably every
person around you
believes and will tell you 
with great 
assurance 
that you must think 
of others, compromise, do things
to make them happy.
 
It’s tricky because this is in
the vicinity of truth 
and yet off.
You can feel it.
 
What isn’t taught 
is that you already want 
others to be happy.
That’s part of you 
being happy. In fact, 
you love it.
Oh, except 
when it feels 
imposed. 
 
Sleep in. 
Find your footing.
Eat the last 
donut.
 
Don’t gather
wood for 
the fire. Be it.