Thursday, December 22, 2011

In the end...

It is the end of the year, there’s only 12 more days until 2012. Around this time I sit and reflect on the past year, and today I can honestly say I am not the same person I was last Christmas.
I will not tell you 2011 was an absolute wash, but, it certainly wasn’t the best year of my life. We’re told to always count the blessings, and not the hardships. We’re told to learn from the bad, and the mistakes we’ve made. So I figured I’d put a list of things I’ve learned this year.
Valuable life lessons:

  1.     You can’t take advice from people who do not have what you want in life.
  2.     You can’t be offended if someone doesn’t want your advice.
  3.     Bad news can come during the best moment of your life.
  4.     Terminal illness can happen to the healthiest person.
  5.   You live what you learn.
  6.   Just when you think you can trust someone, they can deceive you.
  7.   It is possible to love someone too much.
  8.   It is possible to want it too bad.
  9. Your friends and relatives may want the best for you, but they may not know how to help you.
  10. If the only time you see your friends is when it’s time to party or get drunk, they may not be your real friends.
  11. Only you know what’s right for you.
  12.  It doesn’t matter if you have a good attitude, you treat people with respect, or if you work hard, bad luck can happen.
  13. Most people only look out for themselves.
  14. The “Don’t give a shit about no one,’ attitude is actually positive, only you can make your life better.
  15.  Those that mind don’t matter and those that don’t mind matter.
  16. Just when you didn’t believe your heart could break anymore,  it actually does.
  17. You honestly do not know what it’s like to be in someone’s shoes.
  18. What’s right for you may not be right for someone else.
  19. The person that hurt you the most, is the one person you may never be able to hurt in return. 
  20. Your dreams can come true, but not necessarily how, or when you want them to.
In the end, we learn something new everyday. We change everyday, and if we still see life the same way we did last year, if we don't allow ourselves to change, we're not growing.
Have a Merry Christmas!

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