- To: "William" <wmartin@systec.com>
- Subject: I've Learned
- From: "j928" <j928@msn.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 19:21:05 -0400
- Disposition-Notification-To: "j928" <j928@msn.com>
I've learned - that you can do something
in an instant that will give you heartache for life.
I've learned - that it's taking me a
long time to become the person I want to be.
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 you can keep going
long after you can't.
I've learned - that we are responsible
for what we do, no matter how we feel.
I've learned - that either you control
your attitude or it controls you.
I've learned - that regardless of how hot
and steamy a realionship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be
something else to take its place.
I've learned - 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.
I've learned - that my best friend and I
can do anything or nothing and have the best time.
I've learned - that sometimes the people
you expect to kick you when you're down will be the ones to to help you get back
up.
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 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 birthdays you've celebrated.
I've learned - 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 again.
Families aren't always biological.
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.
I've learned - that it isn't always
enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn how to
forgive yourself.
I've learned - that no matter how bad
your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your
grief.
I've learned - 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.
I've learned - that you don't have to
change friends if we understand that friends change.
I've learned - that you shouldn't be so
eager to find out a secret. It could change your life
forever.
I've learned - that two people can look
at the exact same thing and see something totally
different.
I've learned - that your life can be
changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you. The same
is true of the people who do know you. In fact that can happen in a matter
of minutes.
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.
I've learned - that credentials on the
wall do not make you a decent human being.
I've learned - that the people you care
about most in life are taken from you too soon.
I don't know who wrote this and I have
added some to it. I've learned, you don't keep the things you have learned
to yourself, you share them and hope that some good comes from
it.
A request came with this, send this to
the People You Believe In--I did! And so will
I.
