There are the things that matter...

The things that matter...well you never forget those things. You experience one of those things, go to sleep and when you awake, you're a changed person. The things that matter, get softer with time, but never disappear. The blade dulls, so it no longer cuts, but it can still dig deep, inflicting pain.

The things that matter, they shape you. You can address them with therapy or alcohol, but at some point you will address them. Why? Because they are the things that matter. They don't leave, they don't fade to black, and they are things that linger for as long as you have breath. They haunt, they stalk, and they do not leave.

You either have to live with the things that matter or you spend your life running from them.

That is why there are the things that matter...and then there's the rest.

Again, God Bless the rest.