Don't

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard of it.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books.
Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
Do not believe in tradition because they have been handed down for many generations.
But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason
and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all,
then accept it and live up to it.

the gift

A friend is somebody who knows you and like you exactly the way that you are.
Someone who's special and so close in thought that no distance can ever seem far.
A friend understands you without any words, stands by you when nothing goes right.
And willingly talks over problems with you till they somehow just vanish from sight.
And whether you're neighbors or live miles apart, a word from friend gives a lift to your heart and spirit.

That shows you once more
Why friendship is life's dearest gift..