I HAVE LEARNED

I have learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved.

I have learned that no matter how much I care, some people don’t care back.

I have learned that it takes years to build trust, and only seconds to destroy it.

I have learned that no matter how good a friend is, they are going to hurt you every once in a while, and you must forgive them for that.

I have learned that it’s not what you have in life, but who you have in your life that counts.

I have learned that you should never ruin an apology with an excuse.

I have learned that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that, you’d better know something.

I have learned that you shouldn’t compare yourself to the best others that others do.

I have learned that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.

I have learned that it takes a long time to become the person you want to be.

I have learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.

I have learned that you can keep going long after you can’t.

I have learned that we are responsible for what we do, not what we feel.

I have learned that either you control your attitude, or it controls you.

I have learned that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first the passion will fade, and there had better be something else to take its place.

I have learned that heroes are people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the circumstances.

I have learned that money is a lousy way of keeping score.

I have learned that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.

I have learned that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you’re down will be the ones to help you back up.

I have learned that sometimes when I’m angry, I have the right to be angry. But this doesn’t give me the right to be cruel.

I have learned that true friendship will continue to grow, even over the longest distance.

I have learned that just because someone doesn’t love you the way you want them to love you doesn’t mean they don’t love you the only way they can.

I have learned that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you have had, and what you have learned from them, and less to do with how many birthdays you have celebrated.

I have learned that you should never tell a child their dreams are foolish. Fewer things are more humiliating, and what a tragedy it would be if they believed you.

I have learned that your family won’t always be there for you. It may seem strange, but people you aren’t related to are capable of taking care of you, loving you, and teaching you to trust people again.

I have learned that it isn’t always enough to be forgiven by others, but that you must also learn to forgive yourself.

I have learned that no matter how badly your heart is broken, the world will rarely stop to let you grieve, or grieve with you.

I have learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.

I have learned that a rich person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.

I have learned that just because two people argue doesn’t mean they don’t love one another. And just because they argue doesn’t mean they do.

I have learned that we don’t need to change friends if we understand that friends change.

I have learned that two people can look at something, and see that something altogether differently.

I have learned that no matter how hard you try to protect your children they will eventually get hurt, and you will be hurt in the process.

I have learned that even when you think you have no more to give when a friend cries out to you, you will discover you have the strength to help.

I have learned that people whom you care about most in life are taken from you too soon.

I have learned that people will forget what you did, but people will never forget the time you invested in them, and how you treated them.

(Anonymous)