Harm None. Not hurting others on purpose is the easiest part of this. Most of us do not wish harm on anyone else. We don’t always wish blessings on others, but we don’t want them to be hurt or marginalized. We are all moved with emotion when others are hurt by tragedy or by starving children. Our human hearts make it hard not to care about others. We give to charities that support cancer and children’s hospitals. We do mission work for the less fortunate, and we donate food to food pantries. We can always do more, and we should do more, but at least we are usually good about doing our part. We sometimes hurt others accidentally. Other times we hurt others because we are trying to protect ourselves, but we don’t usually harm on purpose.

Trust Few. Life experience teaches us to be careful. As children, we trust everyone until we are told not to. As we get older and we experience things, we learn more about who we can trust and who we can’t. Sometimes individuals act in a way that makes us question their integrity. Sometimes an individual can challenge our trust too many times and make us realize that we can no longer trust them. The more people challenge our trust, the more cynical we become and the less likely we are to trust anyone. We must trust some, or we will live a very isolated life. It is unfortunate that we can’t trust everyone, but life has taught me that if I trust everyone, I will be burned.