A
wise person once wrote:
I've learned that:
...no matter how much I
care, some people just don't care back.
...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.
...it takes years to build
up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.
...true friendship continues
to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes
for true love.
...you can do something in
an instant that will give you a heartache for life.
...you should always leave
loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time
you see them.
...our background and
circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we
are responsible for who we become.
...you shouldn't compare
yourself to the best others can do, but to the best
you can do.
...it's not what happens to
people that's important. It's what they do about it.
...no matter how thin you
slice it, there are always two sides.
...it's taking me a long
time to become the person I want to be.
...it's a lot easier to
react than it is to think.
...you can keep going long
after you think you can't.
...we are responsible for
what we do, no matter how we feel.
...either you control your
attitude or it controls you.
...sometimes I just need to
be held.
...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.
...learning to forgive takes
practice.
...there are people who love
you dearly, but just don't know how to show it
...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.
...I'm getting more and more
like my grandma, and I'm kinda happy about it.
...sometimes when I'm angry
I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give
me the right to be cruel.
...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 her dreams are unlikely or outlandish. Few
things are more humiliating, and what a tragedy it
would be if she 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.
...it isn't always enough to
be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to
forgive yourself.
...no matter how bad your
heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your
grief.
...sometimes when my friends
fight, I'm forced to choose sides even when I don't
want to.
...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.
...sometimes you have to put
the individual ahead of their actions.
...we don't have to change
friends if we understand that friends change.
...if you don't want to
forget something, stick it in your underwear drawer.
...you shouldn't be so eager
to find out a secret. It could change your life
forever.
...the clothes I like best
are the ones with the most holes in them.
...it's not what you have in
your life, but who you have in your life that counts.
...two people can look at
the exact same thing and see something totally
different.
...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 you try to
protect your children, they will eventually get hurt
and you will hurt in the process.
...there are many ways of
falling and staying in love.
...no matter the
consequences, those who are honest with themselves,
get farther in life.
...many things can be
powered by the mind, the trick is self-control.
...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.
...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.
...writing, as well as
talking, can ease emotional pains.
...the paradigm we live in
is not all that is offered to us.
...credentials on the wall
do not make you a decent human being.
...the people you care most
about in life are taken from you too soon.
...although the word
"love" can have many different meaning, it
loses value when overly used.
...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.
- Author unknown
Last
updated: 08/07/98
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