What I Learned

• 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.
• I've learned - that no matter how much I care, some people just don't care back.
• I've learned - that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.
• I've learned - that it's not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts.
• I've learned - that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that, you'd better know something.
• I've learned - that it's not what happens to people that's important. It's what they do about it.
• I've learned - that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.
• I've learned - that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.
• I've learned - that either you control your attitude or it controls you.
• I've 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've learned - that learning to forgive takes practice.
• I've learned - that money is a lousy way of keeping score.
• I've learned - that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.
• I've learned - that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.
• I've learned - that 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 years you've lived.
• I've learned - that 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 you.
• I've learned - 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.