I am going to be 50 in June. I have been trying to figure out what I have
learned during these years, but I can't really come up with anything
profound. I copied this from my word processor so if you can't read it I'll
try again.....I need a little help....What did I leave out?
As a group, people have rights. As individuals, they do not. *We the
people* does not mean *I the person*.
No one has everything they want. Human nature dictates against the
possibility.
Everyone will do the right thing when it serves their purpose.
Things that are very important to me are usually not important to anyone
else.
You cannot make someone love you. All you can do is try to be someone who
can be loved.
No matter how much you care, many people don*t.
It takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.
It doesn*t matter what you have in your life, or who you have in your life
if you do not like your life. Happiness means being satisfied with who you
are, not what you have.
You can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that, you'd better
know something.
Don*t judge yourself by the best others can do. Just do the best YOU can
do.
It's not what happens to you that's important. That you learn from it is
the important thing.
You can ruin a life in an instant. Yours, or someone elses.
No matter how thin you slice it, there are always two sides.
It will take me an entire lifetime to become the person I want to be.
It's a lot easier to react than it is to think.
You should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last
time you see them.
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.
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.
You can learn to forgive but you can*t learn to forget.
There are people who love you dearly, but just don't know how to show it.
Money is a lousy way of keeping score.
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 to do with what types of experiences you've had and what
you've learned from them and not with how many birthdays you've celebrated.
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.
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.
It isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to
learn to forgive yourself.
No matter how badly your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your
grief.
Our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are
responsible for who we become.
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.
We don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.
Two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally
different.
You must be honest with yourself in order to know who you are.
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 seconds 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.
Credentials on the wall do not make a decent human being.
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.
You cannot MAKE someone understand you. You cannot make someone listen to
you. You can try, but as soon as you raise your voice you have failed.
The only purpose of a fight is to hurt someone. There is no such thing as a
friendly fight.
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