What I learned in 2013
What I learned in 2013
1. Life is not always fair.
You have good days and you have bad days and what you need to remember is that after all the bad days that kick you when you’re down, there’s a really really good day that makes you forget about that bad stuff.
2. Bad things happen to good people. And they remain good people.
I’ve been wronged a lot in my life but nothing compared to what Dezma’s family has had to deal with, or Chef Marcel and Sylvia, or so many of my friends who have had cancer, adultery/divorce, bankruptcy, death happen to them. Good people… really really good people have hit rock bottom this year and they still have the heart to help others who are wronged.
3. Good things happen to bad people. And they remain bad. But I still have hope.
We all know someone like this. My only explanation is that God spends extra time on these people, a bunch of us secretly pray for people like this – and those prayers come true for them… one day, I have faith, that they’ll be grateful for all that they have and stop making life miserable for the others around them.
4. Letting go of the worries that you cannot control works only if you let go of the people who worry about things they cannot control.
It’s pointless to worry about the world coming to an end. It’s out of my control. But that worry will still be a thorn in my side if the people around me worry about the things they cannot control.
5. Never Ever Give Up. Unless what you are doing is not making a positive impact on your life and the lives of others.
At the beginning of 2013, NEGU was a mantra I truly believed in. Until one day I figured out the difference between giving up and letting go. Yes, there is a difference.
6. I still can’t make everyone happy.
Duh. Oh! and it’s always the unhappy ones that are the most vocal. Can you imagine receiving a summary of your mistakes at the end of every day? Yes, every day. EVERY day.
7. I learned that it is when you make yourself most vulnerable to people that you feel the most love and feel the most heartache.
Falling in love, feeling love, and feeling the hurt that comes with heartache is so very worth it. No matter what.
8. Life doesn’t get any easier, you just get stronger, pick your battles and learn to ignore the silly stuff (and people) that shouldn’t really matter in the big scheme of things.
That should be self explanatory.
9. Sometimes rejection is a gift that should have been unwrapped a long time ago.
One door closes and another opens… or have a bunch of friends with you who can help you knock that friggin wall down. Maybe this will get me to make my own path in 2014.
10. I learned to do more of what makes me happy instead of what makes others happy.
Because if I don’t, it becomes quite clear to me who those people are that don’t WANT me happy.
11. Family is everything
And sometimes you realize that some friends should have been family.
12. I also learned that I really am a lot more like my mother than I thought I was. And I’m a lot like my dad, too.
So there.
Today, as we wish each other a Happy New Year, let us determine to be more sincere, compassionate, warm-hearted human beings, trying to make our world a more equal place. That way we’ll actually make it a happy year. ~~ Dalai Lama
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