Love your family.
Don't scream when you get home from school. Don't swear when you're leaving for school. Never let the neighbors know you're unhappy.  Don't make your mom unhappy. Look her in the eyes, she's a person too.  She doesn't remember what it's like to be a teenager because she's too focused on making you snacks, calling the doctor, and buying you face wash.

Love people.
Trust them. Show them how lovely they are. Smile at them even though you have a pimple on your nose, they likely have one on their chin.  The handsome stoner with green skinny jeans and an extended knowledge of punk rock seems infinitely kind because he is infinitely kind. He's not looking to ***** you over and he doesn't think you're lame.  He actually thinks he's lame and he wants to get to know you. Ask how his day was, although it's old-fashioned, so are you, who cares, it will make him happy.  Ask how everyone's day was, even though you'd rather shove your unpleasant face and your trembling voice and all of your clumsy words into an old box and hand it back to God, then thank him for at least trying.

Love the world.**
Never stop looking up at trees.  Don't do it so boys nearby will think you're an enigma.  Do it because every leaf and every branch wants you to notice them. Do it to fill your head with words that make you buy more pretty notebooks.