Michael Thompson

One simple, well-placed sentence has the potential to attract thousands.

Everything good in my life has come from other people, and I’m fairly certain these good things wouldn’t have come into my life if other people didn’t like me very much.

When it comes to life realizations, few are more important than realizing the world doesn’t stop and start at your expense, and for people to care about you, you gotta care first.

Strong relationships are kept together by people who choose to do the little things.

I guess the lesson is that women like men who do what they’re supposed to do.

The moments that stop the world only happen when you stop and appreciate the world.

Life is about walking through as many doors as you can and learning a new something, seeing a new somewhere and meeting a new someone.

“The saddest part about getting older is seeing how intellectually dead some of my friends have chosen to become.” My dad shared the words above with me at the beginning of 2018 when talking about the realities of getting older.…

Our lives are not measured by how many people we are grateful for. It is measured by how many people are grateful for us.

I think about how for the first time in my life someone had the power to make my heart race while simultaneously slow down my breathing. 

You sit down to learn how to avoid problems instead of running around trying to solve them.

Tell people what they mean to you. Tell people what is on your mind. Tell people what is troubling you. A shoulder to cry on leads to a shoulder to stand upon.

Human beings are complex creatures no doubt, but deep down many of us just want to feel like our voice is being heard and we feel accepted. Likeable people understand this and make it a point to end each conversation in a way that reinforces that they were listening and that they care.

Traveling teaches you that you do not need much to have fun.

Drinking did make it easier to meet new people, I am not going to pretend that it didn’t. But out of the people I met while drinking I can count on one hand who I still have a good relationship with.

Confidence may come in all shapes and sizes, but the underlying characteristic of any confident person is that they take care of their own and give them the power to one day take care of others. My friends taught me that.

One person´s dream is always another persons reality, the difference is that one got moving while the other stood still.

I may never live in America again, but I am cool with that — I have by my side the two people in the world who have given me the gift of “being me”. What’s more, had I not left, I would not have had the privilege of seeing America from both sides of the coin. And you know what? It’s made me love it even more.