A FEW DON’TS

 

                          A FEW DON’TS

1.    Don’t tell a lie because it has no legs to stand upon.

2.    Don’t brood over the past. It is dead and to think of it is to waste your precious time of today.

3.    Trust no future however pleasant. Let the past bury its dead. Act,---act in the living Present! Heart within, and God o’erhead!.

4.    Don’t think of taking revenge. Try to forget and forgive.

5.    Don’t indulge in gluttony. It destroys your health.

6.    Don’t be arrogant. Arrogance loses friends.  

7.    Don’t say “yes” to everything. Protect your energy by setting healthy boundaries and learning to decline without guilt.

8.    Don’t hate anybody. You will remain mentally disturbed so long as hatred is there. Replace it by love as soon as possible.

9.         Don’t be a spendthrift. Believe in simple living and high thinking.

10.            Don’t bottle up your emotions. Expression is better than repression.

11.Don’t burn your candle at both ends.

12.Don’t depend upon external approval for your actions.

13.Don’t harbour grudges. Holding onto anger is to punish yourself rather than anybody else.

14. Don’t let clutter build up. It creates mental chaos and disallows you to  relax.

15. Don’t commit any offence because it will rob you of your tranquility.

16. Don’t run after wealth. It is better to be contented than to be greedy.

17. Don’t forget that character is higher than intellect.

18. Don’t have a false face anywhere.

19. Don’t speak ill of the dead.

20. Don’t trust anyone blindly.

21. Don’t indulge in violence.

22. Don’t be disloyal.

23. Don’t lose patience in any explosive situation.

24. Don’t love the body more than the soul.

25. Don’t blow your own trumpet.

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G.R. Kanwal

9^th June 2026