1. that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone
who can be loved. The rest is up to them.
2. that no matter how much I care, some people just don't care back.
3. that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.
4. 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.
5. that it's not what you have in your life but who you have in your life
that counts.
6. that you should never ruin an apology with an excuse.
7. that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that,
you'd better know something.
8. that you shouldn't compare yourself to the best others can do.
9. that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for l
life.
10. that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be
the last time you see them.
11. that you can keep going long after you can't.
12. that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.
13. that either you control your attitude or it controls you.
14. that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down
will be the ones to help you get back up.
15. that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that
doesn't give me the right to be cruel.
16. that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance.
Same goes for true love.
17. 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.
18. 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
birthdays you've celebrated.
19. that 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.
20. that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you
are to learn to forgive yourself.
21. that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop
for your grief.
22. that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we
are, but we are responsible for who we become.
23. that we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends
change.
24. that you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change
your life forever.
25. that no matter how you try to protect your children, they will
eventually get hurt and you will hurt in the process.
26. that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.
27. that the people you care about most in life are taken from you too
soon.
28. that 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.
29. that people will forget what you said, and people will forget what you
did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.