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.

                    That no matter how much you care,
                   some people just don't care back.

                    That is takes years to build up trust,
                   but only seconds to destroy it.

                     That it's not what you have in life,
                       but who you have in life that counts.

                          That you can get by on charm for about 15 mintues.
                      After that you better know something.

                           That you shouldn't compare yourself to the best others can be,
                     but to the best you can be.

                      That it's not what happens to us that's important,
                   It's what we do about it.

               That you can do something in an instant that will
                   give you heartache for Life.

                That no matter how thin you slick it,
               there are always two sides.

                   That it's taking me a long time to become
                the person I want to be.

                    That it may be easier to react than plan ahead,
                     but it's much less effect.

                          That you should always leave loved ones with loving words,
                        it may be the last time you see them.

                          That you CAN keep going long after you think you can't.

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

                        That you either control you attitude or it controls you.

                          That regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first,
                               passion fades and there better be something stronger to take its       place.

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

                   That learning to forgive takes practice.

                    That there are people that love you dearly,
                but just don't know how to show it.

                     That money is a lousy way of keeping score.

                        That sometimes the people that you expect to kick youwhen
                         you are down will be the ones that help you get back up.

                           That just because someone doesn't love you the way you
                       want them to doesn't mean that they don't love you
                  with all they have.

                           That maturity has more to do with the experiences you've had
                            and what you've learned from them and less to do with how
                        many birthdays you've celebrated.

                           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.

                     That it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others.
                     Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.

                  That no matter how bad your heart is broken
               the world doesn't stop for your grief.

                        That background and circunstances may have influenced
                           who we are, but we are resposible for who we become.

                       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.

                    That we don't have to change friends, if we understand
                 that friends change.

                      That your  life can be changed in a matter of seconds by
                       people, who don't even know you.

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

                           That the paradigm we live in is not all that is offered to us.