ADVICE TO THE YOUNG

Be true to your eyes, ears, thoughts, and feelings; Listen to your heart but yield to your mind’s best Judgment; Be kind and wise in spoken words, for surely your Words will follow you; Be not afraid of risks but be cautious of actions Driven by emotion, confusion, and false friends; Avoid jealousy of others’ achievements and possessions; Don’t live with an insatiable greed for more than You can appreciate or use; Don’t eat more than your hunger’s call or Drink beyond your thirst’s needs; Listen to spirits that favor you and offend not Those that oppose you; Absorb yourself in an activity worthy of your unique Talent, and develop as many common Potentialities as you desire and can; Whatever you do, do it as well as you can; Live comfortably with your conscience, And be at peace with your soul; Be courageous in life, while always respecting Death’s luring and lurking; Rest when tired and think when you are uncertain; Be kind to the sacredness of life and respect the Natural order of the universe; Follow no one or no thing except your own judgment And your own divine wish; Love and respect yourself and your family; Be all you can by developing yourself; Do all you can in helping worthy others; And live a quality and meaningful life.