[at-l] Re: #2 is sad and #3 is soooo true!!!

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 I have 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. 
     
 that no matter how much I care, some people just don't
 care back. 
 
 that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds
 to destroy it. 
 
                                                           
 that it's not what you have in your life, but who you
 have in your life that counts. 
 
 that you can get by on charm, for about fifteen
 minutes. After that, you'd better know something. 
 
 that you shouldn't compare yourself to the best others
 can do, but to the best you can do. 
 
 that it's not what happens to people that's important,
 It's what they do about it. 
 
 that you can do something in an instant, that will give
 you heartache for life. 
 
 that no matter how thin you slice it, there are always
 two sides. 
 
 that it's taking me a long time to become the person I
 want to be. 
 
 that it's a lot easier to react than it is to think. 
 
 that you should always leave loved ones with loving
 words, It may be the last time you see them. 
 
 that you can keep going long after you think you can't. 
 that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how
 we feel. 
 
 that either you control your attitude, or it controls you. 
 
 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. 
 
 that heroes are the people who do what has to be done
 when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences. 
 
 that learning to forgive takes practice. 
 that there are people who love you dearly, but just
 don't know how to show it. 
 
 that money is a lousy way of keeping score.. 
 
 that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing
 and have the best time. 
 
 that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when
 you're down will be the ones to help you get back up. 
 
 that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be
 angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel. 
 
 that true friendship continues to grow, even over the
 longest distance. Same goes for true love. 
 
 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. 
 
 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. 
 
 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 it. 
 
 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 people
 again. Families aren't biological. 
 
 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. 
 
 that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others.
 Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself. 
 
 that no matter how bad your heart is broken, the world
 doesn't stop for your grief. 
 
 that our background and circumstances may have
 influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who
 we become. 
 
 that sometimes when my friends fight, I'm forced to
 choose sides even when I don't want to. 
 
 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. 
 
 that sometimes you have to put the individual ahead of
 their actions. 
 
 that we don't have to change friends if we understand
 that friends change. 
 
 that you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret. It
 could change your life forever. 
 
 that two people can look at the exact same thing, and
 see something totally different. 
 
 that no matter how you try to protect your children,
 they will eventually get hurt and you will hurt in the
 process. 
 
 that there are many ways of falling and staying in love. 
 
 that no matter the consequences, those who are honest
 with themselves get farther in life. 
 
 that 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. 
 
 that your life can be changed in a matter of hours by
 people who don't even know you. 
 
 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. 
 
 that writing, as well as talking, can ease emotional pains. 
 
 that the paradigm we live in is not all that is offered to us. 
 
 that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent
 human being. 
 
 that the people you care most about in life are taken
 from you too soon. 
 
 that 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. 
 
 that no matter how fast or how far you go, you can't
 outrun your problems, or God. 
 
 that love is not for me to keep, but to pass on to
 the next person 
 that even if you do the right thing for the wrong
 reason, it's still the wrong thing to do. 
 
 that sometimes you follow your heart and it takes you
 to wonderful places. 
 
 
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