Words on Marble

 I’VE LEARNED.....

........ that you can't make someone to love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved…. The rest is up to them.
........ that no matter how much I care, some people just don’t care back.
........  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.
........  that just because someone doesn’t love you the way you want to, doesn’t mean they don’t love you with all they have.
........  that there people who love dearly, but just don’t know how to show it.
........  that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true LOVE.
........ 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.
........ that it isn’t always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.
........ that no matter how bad your heart is broken the world doesn’t stop for your grief.
........ that sometimes you have to put the individual ahead of their actions.
........ that we don’t have to change friends if we understand that friends change.
........ that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.
........ that no matter the consequences, those who are honest with themselves get farther in life.
........ that no matter how many friends you have, if you are their pillar you will feel lonely and lost at times you sometimes need them the most. 
........ 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.
........ that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.
........ that it is hard to determine where to draw the line between being nice and not hurting people’s feelings and standing up for what you believe.
........ that money is a lousy way of keeping score.
........ that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.
........ that either you control your attitude or it controls you.
........ that it’s not what you have in your life but whom you have in your life that counts.
........ that you can get by on charm for fifteen minutes. After that, you had better know something.
........ that it takes me a long time to become the person I want to be.
........ that you can keep going long after you think you can’t.
........ that reason for getting ahead is getting started.
........ that in the end, the only people who fail are those who do not try.
........ that great works are performed not strength but by perseverance.
........ that successful men keep moving, they make mistakes, but they don’t quit.