What I Have Learned In Life (sometimes the hard way)

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. 
• no matter how much I care,  some people just don’t care back.
• it takes years to build up trust,  and only seconds to destroy it.
• it’s not what you have in your life  but who you have in your life that counts
• you can get by on charm for about  fifteen minutes.   After that, you’d better know something
• you shouldn’t compare  yourself to the best others can do
• you can do something in an instant  that will give you heartache for life
• it’s taking me a long time  to become the person I want to be
• you should always leave loved ones  with loving words. It may be the last  time you see them
• you can keep going  long after you can’t
• we are responsible for what we do,  no matter how we feel
• either you control your attitude  or it controls you
• 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. 
• heroes are the people  who do what has to be done   when it needs to be done,  regardless of the consequences. 
• money is a lousy way of keeping score
• my best friend and I can do anything  or nothing and have the best time
• sometimes the people you expect  to kick you when you’re down  will be the ones to help you get back up
  
• sometimes when I’m angry  I have the right to be angry,   but that doesn’t give me  the right to be cruel
• true friendship continues to grow,  even over the longest distance.  Same goes for true love
• 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
  
• 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
  
• 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
  
• 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
  
• 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
• it isn’t always enough to be forgiven by others.   Sometimes you are to learn to forgive yourself
  
•  no matter how bad your heart is broken  the world doesn’t stop for your grief
  
• our background and circumstances  may have influenced who we are,  but we are responsible for who we become
  
• 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
• we don’t have to change friends  if we understand that friends change
  
• you shouldn’t be so eager to find out a  secret.  It could change your life forever
  
• two people can look at the exact same thing  and see something totally different
• no matter how you try to protect your  children, they will eventually get hurt and  you will hurt in the process
• your life can be changed in a matter of  hours by people who don’t even know you
  
• even when you think you have no more  to give, when a friend cries out to you,  you will find the strength to help
  
• credentials on the wall  do not make you a decent human being
  
• the people you care about most in life  are taken from you too soon
  
• 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.