If life were a bowl of cherries...

If people loose respect for you for being who you are then they are not worth your time.

If someone has a problem with you and you don't even *think* about why then you are not worth their time.
--You have the right to believe their problem is erroneous, not to ignore them without thought.

You can not be put down by someone who you don't either respect or want to respect.

There is nothing wrong with being young and passionate and believe everything is vital. It makes life interesting. It is a lot simpler to live in the knowledge that things will work out whether or not you panic about them. There is no shortcut to this knowledge. You would miss out if you found one.

It is one thing to believe you can change the world, it is another to believe you can change yourself. To do that you must first believe, without guilt, that there is a reason to change.

Everything has consequences.

The most important question to ask yourself is, "What do I want." Only then can you decide whether what you are doing is worth the losses.

If being noticed is important to you then choose the size of your pond carefully.

You should always do something in your life where your worth is judged by no one other than yourself.

Everyone has a value to you on some level. It is useful not to forget what they can do for you in your treatment of them.

You might loose touch with old friends, but you never loose them.

And finally one from my fantastic secondary school form tutor ... "Choose your battles wisely!"

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