What I Have Learnt

[Dave]

I've learned - That you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them.

I've learned - that no matter how much I care, some people just don't care back.

I've learned - that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.

I've learned - that it's not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts.

I've learned - that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that, you'd better know something.

I've learned - that it's not what happens to people that's important. It's what they do about it.

I've learned - that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.

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 either you control your attitude or it controls you.

I've learned - 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.

I've learned - that learning to forgive takes practice.

I've learned - that money is a lousy way of keeping score.

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 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've lived.

I've learned - that 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 you.

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 to forgive yourself.

I've learned - that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn't stop for your grief.

l'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 sometimes you have to put the individual ahead of their actions.

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 no matter how you try to protect your children, they will eventually get hurt and you will hurt in the process.

I've learned - that there are many ways of falling and staying in love.

I've learned - 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.

I've learned - that writing, as well as talking, can ease emotional pains.

I've learned - that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.

I've learned - that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon.

[lucmj]

I've learnt that sometimes you can learn something from the people you least expect to.
Xx

[Dave]

Aug 19, 2013 21:15:01 GMT lucmj said:

I've learnt that sometimes you can learn something from the people you least expect to.
Xx

Life is one big lesson from beginning to end and there are people who live their whole life and learn nothing at all. We can learn from anyone else, but what they may tell us might not always be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

We should always listen to what others have to say, try and learn both sides of the story, that way we might just find out what is true and what is factual. We can learn even from those who lie and deceive us, they can teach us the importance of always telling the truth no matter how much it might hurt to do so.

We are told we need to learn how to forgive, but in order to do so we need those seeking forgiveness to own up to what they have done, if we do not insist on that, then that person will never learn at all and continue to lie and commit evil acts.

We need to learn from our own mistakes so we do not make the same ones again, sometimes that is not always easy to do, but to be the better person we want to be, we must never give up trying.

Above all we need to learn how to be honest to our self, it’s the only way to find inner peace and lasting happiness, if we can’t do that then how can we be honest with everyone else in our life.

While we can learn from others mistakes, we so often have to make the same mistakes ourselves in order to really learn any lessons, it can be hard and painful at times, but as long as we do learn it will be worth it.