Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

I've learned that

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

• 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 true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. The same goes for true love.

• that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.

• that it's taken me a long time to become the person I want to be.

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

I've learned that

• you can keep going long after you can't.

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

• that either you control your attitude or it controls you.

• 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.

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

I've learned that

• money is a lousy way of keeping score.

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

• that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down, will be the ones to help you get back up.

• that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.

• that 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.

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 have lived.

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

• that no matter how badly your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.

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

I've learned 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 love each other.

• that you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.

• that two people can look at the same thing and see something totally different.

• that your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you.

I've learned that

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

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

• that the people you care about most in life are sometimes taken from you too soon.