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 15 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 a 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
may be the ones to help you get back up.
I've learned that
I'm getting more and more like my grandpa,
and I'm kinda happy about it.
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
her dreams are unlikely or outlandish.
Few things are more humiliating,
and what a tragedy it would be if she 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 someone 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 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 the clothes I like best
are the ones with the most holes in them.
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 what the consequences,
those who are honest with themselves, get further in life.
I've learned that many things can be powered by the mind,
the trick is self-control.
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
meanings,
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.
I've learned that no matter how fast or how far you go,
you can't outrun God.
I've learned that no matter how far away I've been,
God'll always welcome me back.
I've learned that love is not for me to keep,
but to pass on to the next person I see.
I've learned that even if you do the right thing
for the wrong reason,
it's still the wrong thing to do.
