{"id":1025,"date":"2006-09-26T19:06:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-26T19:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edunik.com\/home\/?p=1025"},"modified":"2013-05-14T09:32:06","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T02:32:06","slug":"quote-what-ive-learned-in-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/edunik.com\/home\/?p=1025","title":{"rendered":"[quote] What I&#8217;ve Learned in Life&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/edunik.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/1-Zen1.gif\"><img data-attachment-id=\"3128\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/edunik.com\/home\/?attachment_id=3128\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/edunik.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/1-Zen1.gif?fit=300%2C220\" data-orig-size=\"300,220\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Zen\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/edunik.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/1-Zen1.gif?fit=300%2C220\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/edunik.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/1-Zen1.gif?fit=300%2C220\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3128\" alt=\"Zen\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/edunik.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/1-Zen1.gif?resize=300%2C220\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>(author unknown)<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve learned that no matter how much I <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">care<\/span>, some people just don&#8217;t care back.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that no matter how good a person is, they&#8217;re going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">money<\/span> is a lousy way of keeping score.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">talking<\/span> can ease emotional pains.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that it takes years to build up <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">trust<\/span>, and only seconds to destroy it.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that true <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">friendship<\/span> continues to grow, even over the longest distance.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that you can do something in an instant, that will give you a heartache for life.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that it&#8217;s not <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">what<\/span> you have in your life, but <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">who<\/span> you have in your life.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that good friends are the only <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">family<\/span> members that we are allowed to choose.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that we don&#8217;t have to change friends if we understand that friends <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">change<\/span>.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are,<br \/>\nbut we are <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">responsible<\/span> for ourselves.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that you shouldn&#8217;t <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">compare<\/span> yourself to the best others can do,<br \/>\nbut to the best you can do.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that it&#8217;s not where I am that is important. It&#8217;s where I am going.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that no matter how thin you slice it, there are always <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">two sides<\/span>.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that it takes a long time to become the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">person<\/span> I want to be.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that it&#8217;s a lot easier to react than it is to think.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that you can keep going long, after you think you cannot.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that either you control your <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">attitude<\/span> or it controls you.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">heroes<\/span> are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done,<br \/>\nregardless of the consequences.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">patience<\/span> takes a lot of practice.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that there are people who <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">love<\/span> you dearly, but just don&#8217;t know how to show it.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that my <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">best friend<\/span> and I can do anything or nothing, and have the best time.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you&#8217;re down,<br \/>\nwill be the ones to help you get back up.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that there is more of my <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">parents<\/span> in me that I thought.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that sometimes when I&#8217;m <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">angry<\/span> I have the right to be angry,<br \/>\nbut that doesn&#8217;t give me the right to be cruel.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that just because someone doesn&#8217;t <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">love<\/span> you the way you want them to,<br \/>\ndoesn&#8217;t mean they don&#8217;t love you with all they have.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">maturity<\/span> has more to do with what types of experiences you&#8217;ve had, and what you&#8217;ve learned from them, and less to do with how many birthdays you&#8217;ve celebrated.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that you should never tell a child her <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">dreams<\/span> are unlikely or outlandish.<br \/>\nFew things are more humiliating, and what a tragedy it would be if she believed it.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that it isn&#8217;t always enough to be forgiven by someone else.<br \/>\nSometimes you have to learn to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">forgive<\/span> yourself.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that no matter how bad your heart is <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">broken<\/span> the world doesn&#8217;t stop for your grief.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that sometimes when people <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">fight<\/span>, I&#8217;m forced to choose sides even when I don&#8217;t want to.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that just because two people <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">argue<\/span>, it doesn&#8217;t mean they don&#8217;t love each other.<br \/>\nAnd just because they don&#8217;t argue, it doesn&#8217;t mean they do.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that two people can <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">look<\/span> at the exact same thing and see something totally different.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that you cannot make someone <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">love<\/span> you.<br \/>\nAll you can do is be someone who can be loved.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that no matter how you try to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">protect<\/span> your loved ones, they will eventually get hurt.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that many things can be powered by the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">mind<\/span>; the trick is self-control.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that your life can be <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">changed<\/span> in a matter of minutes by people who don&#8217;t even know you.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that even when you think you have no more to give, when someone cries out to you, you will find the strength to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">comfort<\/span>.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">human being<\/span>.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that although the word &#8220;love&#8221; can have many different meanings, it loses value when overly used.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve learned that <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">war<\/span> doesn&#8217;t determine who&#8217;s right, just who&#8217;s left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(author unknown) I&#8217;ve learned that no matter how much I care, some people just don&#8217;t care back. 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