Friendship with ones self is all important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs....
I loved my 17 years with R.E.M. but I'm ready to reflect assess and move on...
I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a child he would grow up to be an eggplant.