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I've 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.
I've learned that no matter how much I
care, some people just don't care back.
I've learned that it takes years to build
up
trust, and only seconds to destroy it.
I've learned that it's not what you have
in your life but who you have in your life
that counts.
I've learned that you can get by on charm
for about fifteen minutes. After that, you'd
better know something.
I've learned that you shouldn't compare
yourself to the best others can do but to the
best you can do.
I've learned that it's not what happens
to people that's important. It's what they do
about it.
I've learned that you can do something in
an instant that will give you heartache for
life.
I've learned that no matter how thin you
slice it, there are always two sides.
I've learned that it's taking me a long
time
to become the person I want to be.
I've learned that it's a lot easier to
react,
than it is to think.
I've learned that you should always leave
loved ones with loving words. It may be the
last time you see them.
I've learned that you can keep going long
after you think you can't.
I've learned that we are responsible for
what we do, no matter how we feel.
I've learned that either you control your
attitude or it controls you.
I've learned 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.
I've learned that heroes are the people
who do what has to be done when it needs to
be done, regardless of the consequences.
I've learned that learning to forgive
takes practice.
I've learned that there are people who
love you dearly, but just don't know how to
show it.
I've learned that money is a lousy way of
keeping score.
I've learned that my best friend and I
can do anything or nothing and have the best
time.
I've learned that sometimes the people
you expect to kick you when you're down will
be the ones to help you get back up.
I've learned that sometimes when I'm
angry I have the right to be angry, but that
doesn't give me the right to be cruel.
I've learned that true friendship continues
to grow, even over the longest distance. Same
goes for true love.
I've learned 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.
I've learned 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.
I've learned 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.
I've learned 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.
I've learned 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.
I've learned that it isn't always enough
to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have
to learn to forgive yourself.
I've learned that no matter how bad your
heart is broken the world doesn't stop for
your grief.
I've learned that our background and
circumstances may have influenced who we are,
but we are responsible for who we become.
I've learned that sometimes when my
friends fight, I'm forced to choose sides
even when I don't want to.
I've learned 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.
I've learned that sometimes you have to
put the individual ahead of their actions.
I've learned that we don't have to change
friends if we understand that friends change.
I've learned that you shouldn't be so
eager to find out a secret. It could change
your life forever.
I've learned that two people can look at
the exact same thing and see something
totally different.
I've learned that no matter how you try
to protect your children, they will
eventually get hurt and you will hurt in the
process.
I've learned that there are many ways of
falling and staying in love.
I've learned that no matter the
consequences, those who are honest with
themselves get farther in life.
I've learned that no matter how many
friends you have, if you are their pillar you
will feel lonely and lost at the times you
need them most.
I've learned that your life can be
changed in a matter of hours by people who
don't even know you.
I've learned 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.
I've learned that writing, as well as
talking, can ease emotional pains.
I've learned that the paradigm we live in
is not all that is offered to us.
I've learned that credentials on the wall
do not make you a decent human being.
I've learned that the people you care
most about in life are taken from you too
soon.
I've learned that although the word
"love" can have many different meaning, it
loses value when overly used.
I've learned 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.
~author unknown~
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Original
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