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
 your life, for without them, life is meaningless.

Don't let your life slip through your fingers
by living in the past or 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 still 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 the fragile
thread that binds us together.

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 a dream 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 are going.
 Life is not a race, but a journey
to be savored each step of the way.
© Melissa MacDougall