Five Things To Live By

1. Live passionatly

Basically if you don't love what you are doing, you shouldn't be doing it. You never know when your life is going to change durastically or even end and if you don't do what you love when you have the chance you will end up regreting it.

2. Put others before yourself

I know this one is hard to do, but it is a great way to live. When you put others first you learn to respect them, and in return they will respect you.

3. Make the smallest negative impact possible

Environmentally it is important to try to make as small of an impact as possible. In grade nine, we were watching this movie about the earth and I forget who said it but they said "we don't inherit the earth form our parents, we borrow it from our grandchildren" this quote kind of changed my outlook on things, especially on what kind of impact I have. But its not just about environment, its about people too. If you are going to impact someone, impact them possitively. You don't want to be the reason someone hurts themselves or someone else.

4. Be happy

I understand that sometimes you just don't feel like being in a good mood. But being happy, makes everything easier, especially if you would rather be doing something else. Not to mention if you give off vibes of happiness people are more likely to respond nicely to you and good things are more likely to happen.

5. Love

I left this on to last because I believe it is the most important and it ties into all the others. Allow yourself to love others and be loved by others. If you don't open yourself up and risk getting hurt you will never know true love or happiness. Sure, you will protect yourself from feeling pain or crying, but is it worth it in the end to know that you don't know true love? Believe me it's not.