A creed to live by

from the site Apple Seeds;

• Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself to 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 your life, for without them life is meaningless.
  

• Don't let 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 up all the days of your life.
  

• Don't give up when you still have something left to give,
  Nothing is really over . . . till 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 together.
  

• Don't be afraid to encounter risks.
  It is by taking chances, that we learn 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 where you are going.
  

• Life is not a race,
  but a journey to be savored every step of the way.