It takes strength to be firm.
It takes courage to be gentle.
It takes strength to stand guard.
It takes courage to let down your guard.
It takes strength to hold out a helping hand.
It takes courage to acknowledge needing help.
It takes strength to conquer.
It takes courage to surrender.
It takes strength to be certain.
It takes courage to have doubt.
It takes strength to fit in.
It takes courage to stand out.
It takes strength to feel a friend's pain.
It takes courage to feel your own pain.
It takes strength to hide your own pains.
It takes courage to show them.
It takes strength to endure abuse.
It takes courage to stop it.
It takes strength to stand alone.
It takes courage to lean on another.
It takes strength to love.
It takes courage to be loved.
It takes strength to survive.
It takes courage to live.
Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself
with
others. It is because we are different that each of
us is
special.
Don't set your goals by what other people deem
important.
Only you know what is best for you.
Don't take for granted the things closest to your
heart.
Cling to them as you would life, for without them
life
is meaningless.
Don't let your life slip through your fingers by
living in
the past or for the future. By living your life
one day at
a time, you live all the days of your life.
Don't give up when you stll have something to give.
Nothing is really over until the moment you stop
trying.
Don't be afraid to admit that you are less than
perfect.
It is this fragile thread that binds us to each
other.
Don't be afraid to encounter risks. It is by
taking
chances
that we learn how to be brave.
Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's
impossible
to find. The quickest way to receive love is to
give love.
The fastest way to lose love is to hold it too
tightly;
and the best way to keep love is to give it
wings.
Don't dismiss your dreams. To be without dreams is
to be
without hope; to be without hope is to be without
purpose.
Don't run through life so fast that you forget not
only
where you've been, but also where you're going.
Life is
not a race, but a journey to be savored each step
of the
way.