I recieved this e-mail and it was cool, so here it is.
Life's Lessons:
*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.
*You cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved; the rest
is up to them.
*No matter how much I care, some people just don't care back.
*It takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.
*Either you control your attitude or it controls you.
*It's not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts.
*You can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes.
After that, you'd better know something.
*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 it.
*You shouldn't compare yourself to the best others can do.
*You can do something in an instant something that will give you heartache for life.
*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 can't.
*We are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.
*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.
*Money is a lousy way of keeping score.
*My best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.
*Sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down will be the ones to help you
get back up.
*Sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right
to be cruel.
*True friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance.Same goes for true
love.
*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.
*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 are to learn to forgive
yourself.
*No matter how bad 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.
*Even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.
*You shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.
*Two people can look at the exact same thing and see something different.
*No matter how you try to protect your children, they will eventually get hurt and you
will hurt in the process.
*Your life can be changed in a matter of hours 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.
*Credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.
*The people you care about most in life are taken from you too soon. Cherish and
appreciate them now.
*Regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone
from your life.
*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.
*If someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it.
*You can make someone's day by simply sending them a little note.
*Life sometimes gives you a second chance and if you dont take it you may regret it
forever.
*That the greater a person's sense of guilt, the greater his or her needs to cast blame on
others.
*No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better
tomorrow.
*Making a "living" is not the same thing as making a "life".
*You shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands. You need to be able to
throw something back.
*If you pursue happiness, it will elude you. But, if you focus on your family, the needs
of others, your work, meeting new people, and doing the very best you can, happiness will
find you.
*Whenever I decide something with kindness, I usually make the right decision.
*Every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love human touches holding
hands, a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.
*That I still have a lot to learn.