How sad that people do not fear this.

Someone who wants to learn is curious, watches, and thinks.

There is a reason for every beautiful thing you have,

and for every ugly thing, too.

Love leaves us with fewer regrets,

and fear can keep us from doing wrong.

To live without regret, we need to love

and fear knowingly doing harm.

If you love and do no harm, what have you to fear?

The only thing anyone can truly possess is their humanity.

We own nothing else in the same way.

It is what remains when we die and what we take with us.

First, we must be human.

Without humanity, nothing we do has meaning.

Not what we earn, eat, or drink,

not our wealth or possessions.

To be human

is to love, live with integrity, do good, and speak kindly.

It means staying away from hatred, helping,

treating our parents well, and sharing.

It means being kind to neighbors and acquaintances,

and treating animals and the environment with compassion.

Only love and kindness can preserve what is beautiful in our lives.

With compassion and without expecting anything in return.

To appreciate, to give thanks, to say we are sorry,

all of this is possible when we learn to be human.

First, we must be human.