I wish someone had told me this 20 years ago. It doesn't mean that I wouldn't have spent an inordinate amount of time honing my contortionist skills, but maybe I'd learn that I'm not the source of someone's happiness or pain a little earlier in my life.
I'm not that powerful.
*Feel free to hijack this thread -- I never mind, and self-pleasure used to be a favorite topic around here. Wink wink nudge nudge...