LIFE LESSONS THAT I HAVE
LEARNED
I'VE LEARNED-
- that you cannot make
someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be
loved.
The rest is up to them.
- that no matter how much
I care, some people just don't care back.
- that it takes years to
build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.
- that it's not what you
have in your life but who you have in you life that counts.
- that you can get by on
charm for about fifteen minutes. After that, you'd better know
something.
- that you shouldn't
compare yourself to the best others can do.
- that you can do
something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.
- that it's taking me a
long time to become the person I want to be.
- that you should always
leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you
see them.
- that you can keep going
long after you think can't.
- that we are responsible
for what we do, no matter how we feel.
- that either you control
your attitude or it controls you.
- that regardless of how
hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and
there had better be something else to take its place.
- that heroes are the
people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done,
regardless of the
consequences.
- that money is a lousy
way of keeping score.
- that my best friend and
I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.
- that sometimes the
people you expect to kick you when you're down will be the ones to
help you
get back up.
- that sometimes when I'm
angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the
right to
be cruel.
- that true friendship
continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for
true love.
- that just because
someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean
they don't love
you with all they have.
- that maturity has more
to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've
learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've
celebrated.
- that you should never
tell a child their dreams are unlikely or outlandish. Few things
are more
humiliating, and what a tragedy it would be if they believed
it.
- that your family won't
always be there for you. It may seem funny, but people you aren't
related
to can take care of you and love you and teach you to trust people
again. Families aren't biological.
- that no matter how good
a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and
you must
forgive them for that.
- that it isn't always
enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you are to learn to
forgive yourself.
- that no matter how bad
your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.
- that our background and
circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are
responsible
for who we become.
- that just because two
people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other And just
because
they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do.
- that we don't have to
change friends if we understand that friends change.
- that you shouldn't be
so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life
forever.
- that two people can
look at the exact same thing and see something totally
diferent.
- that no matter how you
try to protect your children, they will eventually get hurt and
you will
hurt in the process.
- that your life can be
changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know
you.
- that even when you
think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to
you,
you will find the strength to help.
- that credentials on the
wall do not make you a decent human being.
- that the people you
care about most in life are taken from you too soon.
- that it's hard to
determine where to draw the line between being nice and not
hurting people's feelings and standing up for what you
believe.
Send this to all the people you have faith in.