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1. Love fully and without fear. Love is the most powerful verb you can teach to someone else.
2. Do not be passive. No one will give you a badge for standing down or sitting still.
3. Tea and Yoga are not for the faint of heart. People who can remain calm enough in times of peril to make a nice *** of Earl Grey are more powerful than you can even imagine. Yoga can and will kick your ***.
4. You do not have to be religious or even believe in God to appreciate the value of the Bible, or prayer.
5. There is no such thing as false hope. Your hopes and dreams and goals and deepest desires are all valid. No one can tell you otherwise unless you let them.
6. The only person who can truly love you entirely for who you are is yourself, so you had better do a good job of it.
7. If the letters you write always sound like apologies, do not send them. Take pictures and send those instead.
8. Do not let yourself be reduced to a set of numbers. You are so much more than careless red ink.
9. Abandonment is never beautiful. The only beauty is in the peace you may take from it.
10. Live fully and without fear.
My AP teacher made me cry on the last day of class because she is the kindest soul in the world, so I wrote her a poem to get back at her.