I've learned - Omer B. Washington

I really liked this work, and was humbled to see how my lifes experience doesnt appear to be very unique, as I have learned most of these lessons as well...

I've learned

• 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.
• I've learned that no matter how much I care, some people just don't care back.
• I've learned that it takes years to build up trust and only seconds to destroy it.
• I've learned that it's not what you have in your live, but who you have in your life that counts.
• I've learned that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes, after that, you'd better know something.
• I've learned that you shouldn't compare yourself to the best others can do, but to the best you can do.
• I've learned that it's not what happens to people, it's what they do about it.
• I've learned that no matter how thin you slice it, there are always two sides.
• I've learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you'll see them.
• I've learned that you can keep going long after you think you can't.
• 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.
• I've learned that there are people, who love you dearly, but just don't know how to show it.
• 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.
• I've learned that true friendship continues to grow even over the longest distance same goes for true love.
• I've learned 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.
• 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.
• I've learned that it isn't always enough to be forgive by others, sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.
• I've learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken, the world doesn't stop for your grief.
• I've learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.
• 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.
• I've learned that sometimes you have to put the individual ahead of their actions.
• I've learned that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.
• I've learned that no matter the consequences, those who are honest with themselves get farther in life.
• I've learned that your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you.
• 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.
• I've learned that writing, as well as talking, can ease emotional pains.
• I've learned that the people you care most about in life are taken from you too soon.
• 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.
• I've learned to love and be loved.
• I've learned.
  

-Omer B. Washington