The Dalai Lama's 18 Rules For Living. I carry your heart. The Inspiration Tree: The Pursuit of Happiness: 15 Lessons to Keep in Mind. 50 Lessons Life Taught Me. To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I’ve ever written. When my odometer rolled over to 50, I updated the list. Here it is: Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.When in doubt, just take the next small step.Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.Pay off your credit cards every month.You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.It’s OK to get angry with God.
On Being Straight (A Thought Experiment) I must have been born straight. For as long as I can remember, I have been attracted to the opposite sex. I can’t explain why this is. It is visceral, a part of me. I could no more convince myself to stop being straight than I could will my lungs into gills. Still, many people these days think being straight is unnatural. Gay friends have tried to “help” me with my “problem.” People sometimes insinuate that my two dads were unsuitable role models, not gay enough to be “real” men. Who I am is straight. I am straight.