I Have Learned.....

I cannot make someone love me. All I 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.

It's not what I have in my life but who I have in my life that counts.

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

I shouldn't compare myself to the best others can do but to the best I can do.

It's not what happens to me that's important. It's what I do about it.

I can do something in an instant that will give me heartache for life.

No matter how thin I slice it, there are always two sides.

It's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.

It's a lot easier to react than it is to think.

I can keep going long after I think I can't.

I am responsible for what I do, no matter how I feel.

I either I control my attitude or it controls me.

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.

Learning to forgive takes practice.

There are people who love me dearly, but just don't know how to show it.

My best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.

Sometimes the people I expect to kick me when I'm down will be the ones to help me 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.

Maturity has more to do with what types of experiences I've had and what I've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays I've celebrated.

My family won't always be there for me. It may seem funny, but people I'm not related to can take care of me and love me and teach me to trust people again. Families aren't biological.

No matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt me every once in a while and I must forgive them for that.

It isn't always enough to be forgiven by others. I have to learn to forgive myself.

No matter how bad my heart is broken the world doesn't stop for my grief.

My background and circumstances may have influenced who I am, but I am responsible for who I 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.

Sometimes I have to put the individual ahead of their actions.

I don't have to change friends if I understand that friends change.

Two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.

There are many ways of falling and staying in love.

I've learned that my life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know me.

Even when I think I have no more to give, when a friend cries out to me, I will find the strength to help.

Writing, as well as talking, can ease emotional pain.

The paradigm I live in is not all that is offered to me.

Although the word "love" can have many different meanings, it loses value when overly used.

It's hard to determine where to draw the line between being nice and not hurting people's feelings and standing up for what I believe.