The whole time I pretend I have mental telepathy. And with my mind only, Ill say or think? to the target, 'Dont do it. Dont go to that job you hate. Do something you love today. Ride a rollercoaster. Swim in the ocean naked. Go to the airport and get on the next flight to anywhere just for the fun of it. Maybe stop a spinning globe with your finger and then plan a trip to that very spot; even if its in the middle of the ocean you can go by boat. Eat some type of ethnic food youve never evenheard of. Stop a stranger and ask her to explain her greatest fears and her secret hopes and aspirations in detail and then tell her you care because she is a human being. Sit down on the sidewalk and make pictures with colorful chalk. Close your eyes and try to see the world with your noseallow smellsto be your vision. Catch up on your sleep. Call an old friend you havent seen in years. Roll up your pant legs and walk into the sea. See a foreign film. Feed squirrels. Do anything! Something! Because you start a revolution one decision at a time, with each breath you take. Just dont go back to thatmiserable place you go every day. Show me its possible to be an adult and also be happy. Please. This is a free country. You dont have to keep doing this if you dont want to. You can do anything you want. Be anyone you want. Thats what they tell us at school, but if you keep getting on that train and going to the place you hate Im going to start thinking the people at school are liars like the Nazis who told the Jews they were just being relocated to work factories. Dont do that to us. Tell us the truth. If adulthood is working some death-camp job you hate for the rest of your life, divorcing your secretly criminal husband, being disappointed in your son, being stressed and miserable, and dating a poser and pretending hes a hero when hes really a lousy person and anyone can tell that just by shaking his slimy hand if it doesnt get any better, I need to know right now. Just tell me. Spare me from some awful fucking fate. Please.