I HAVE LEARNED

 

I have learned……

that I cannot make someone love me. All I can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them.

I have learned……

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

I have learned……

that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.

I have learned……

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

I have learned……

that it is not what I have in my life but who I have in my life that counts.

I have learned……

that I should never ruin an apology with an excuse.

I have learned……

that I can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that, I would better know something.

I have learned……

that I should not compare myself to the best others can do.

I have learned……

that I can do something in an instant that will give me heartache for life.

I have learned……

that it is taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.

I have learned……

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

I have learned……

that I can keep going long after I can’t.

I have learned……

that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.

I have learned……

that either I control my attitude or it controls me.

I have 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 have learned……

that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.

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 I expect to kick me when I am down will be the ones to help me get back up.

I have learned……

that sometimes when I am angry I have the right to be angry, but that does not give me the right to be cruel.

I have learned……

that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.

I have learned……

that just because someone does not love me the way I want them to does not mean they do not love me with all they have.

I have learned……

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

I have learned……

that I 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 have learned……

that my family won’t always be there for me. It may seem funny, but people I am not related to can take care of me and love me and teach me to trust people again. Families are not biological.

I have learned……

that it is not always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes I am learn to forgive myself.

I have learned……

that no matter how bad my heart is broken does not stop for me grief.

I have learned……

that my 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 is one who needs the least.

I have learned……

that just because two people argue, it does not mean they do not love each other. And just because they do not argue, it does not mean they do.

I have learned……

that we do not have to change friends if we understand that friends change.

I have learned……

that I should not be so eager to find out a secret. It could change my life forever.

I have learned……

that too people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.

I have learned……

that no matter how I try to protect my children, they will eventually get hurt and I will hurt in the process.

I have learned……

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

I have learned……

that credentials on the wall do not make me a decent human being.

I have learned……

that the people I care about most in life are taken from me too soon.

I have learned……

that it is hard to determine where to draw the line between being nice and not hurting people’s feelings, and standing up for what I believe.

I have learned……

that people will forget what I said, and people will forget what I did, but people will never forget how I made them feel.

 

(from a distance I do care for you)

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