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MY FAMILY ROOM
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I Have Learned .....(Unknown)
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.
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I've learned - that no matter how much I care,
some people just don't care back.
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I've learned - that it takes years to build up trust,
and only seconds to destroy it.
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I've learned - that it's not what you have in your
life but who you have in your life that counts.
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I've learned - that you can get by on charm
for about fifteen minutes. After that,
you'd better know something.
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I've learned - that you shouldn't compare yourself
to the best others can do, but to the best you can do.
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I've learned - that it's not what happens to people
that's important. It's what they do about it.
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I've learned - that you can do something in an instant
that will give you heartache for life.
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I've learned - that no matter how thin you slice it,
there are always two sides.
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I've learned - that it's taking me a long time to
become the person I want to be.
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I've learned - that it's a lot easier to react than it is to think.
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I've learned - that you should always leave loved ones with
loving words. It may be the last time you see them.
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I've learned - that you can keep going long after
you think you can't.
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I've learned - that we are responsible for what we do,
no matter how we feel.
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I've learned - that either you control your attitude
or it controls you.
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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.
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I've learned - that heroes are the people who do what has
to be done when it needs to be done,
regardless of the consequences.
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I've learned - that learning to forgive takes practice.
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I've learned - that there are people who love you dearly,
but just don't know how to show it.
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I've learned - that money is a lousy way of keeping score.
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I've learned - that my best friend and I can do anything
or nothing and have the best time.
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I've learned - that sometimes the people you expect to
kick you when you're down will be the ones to
help you get back up.
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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.
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I've learned - that true friendship continues to grow,
even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.
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I've learned - that just because someone doesn't love you
the way you want them to,
it doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
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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
birthdays you've celebrated.
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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 if they believed it.
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I've learned - 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.
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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.
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I've learned - that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others.
Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.
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I've learned - that no matter how bad your heart is broken
the world doesn't stop for your grief.
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I've learned - that our background and circumstances may
have influenced who we are, but we are responsible
for who we become.
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I've learned - that sometimes when my friends fight,
I'm forced to choose sides even when I don't want to.
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I'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.
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I've learned - that sometimes you have to put the individual
ahead of their actions.
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I've learned - that we don't have to change friends
if we understand that friends change.
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I've learned - that you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret.
It could change your life forever.
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I've learned - that two people can look at the exact same
thing and see something totally different.
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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.
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I've learned - that there are many ways of falling
and staying in love.
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I've learned - that no matter the consequences,
those who are honest with themsel get farther in life.
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t,I've learned - 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.
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I've learned - that your life can be changed in a matter
of hours by people who don't even know you.
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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.
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I've learned - that writing, as well as talking, can ease emotional pains.
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I've learned - that the paradigm we live in is not all that is offered to us.
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I've learned - that credentials on the wall do not make you a
decent human being.
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I've learned - that the people you care most about in life are
taken from you too soon.
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I've learned - that although the word "love" can have many
different meanings, it loses value when overly used.
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I've learned - 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.
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Tale of an Oyster (Unknown)
There once was an oyster
Whose story I tell,
Who found that some sand
Had got into his shell.
It was only a grain,
but it gave him great pain.
For oysters have feelings
Although they're so plain.
Now, did he berate
the harsh workings of fate
That had brought him
To such a deplorable state?
Did he curse at the government,
Cry for election,
And claim that the sea should
Have given him protection?
'No,' he said to himself
As he lay on a shell,
Since I cannot remove it,
I shall try to improve it.
Now the years have rolled around,
As the years always do,
And he came to his ultimate
Destiny stew.
And the small grain of sand
That had bothered him so
Was a beautiful pearl
All richly aglow.
Now the tale has a moral,
for isn't it grand
What an oyster can do
With a morsel of sand?
What couldn't we do
If we'd only begin
With some of the things
That get under our skin.
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