THE LESSONS OF LIFE

• 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 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 you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.
• 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 learning to forgive takes practice.
• I've learned - that money is a lousy way of keeping score.
• 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 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 years you've lived.
• 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 you.
• 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.
• l'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 you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.
• 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 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 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.