We set standards and morals to live by, reflections of who we are and how we wish to be treated. They shape us — and to break or alter them would change us forever. We build barriers and form opinions that guide us, yet sometimes restrict us. They protect us and those we care about. But to break them would change how we are seen. We set goals and milestones to reach toward a better future, to find purpose, to grow and progress together. And to abandon them would forever change life's course.