Sunday, March 21, 2004
Things I've learned...
* You can love till it hurts.
* Everyone is entitled to their opinions, no matter how much you wish some weren't.
* Even the people who know you the best don't know all of you.
* The future is a scary thing when you don't know what to expect, and sometimes even when you do know what to expect.
* People are more important than things and deadlines.
* Sometimes to forgive, you just have to let go of it all.
* Housing is hella expensive.
* Everyone needs love.
* Don't judge others too quickly or at all.
* Related: Don't judge others based on their circumstances. Their top choice wasn't to be homeless (or whatever) either.
* Related: Don't judge others based on that which they cannot change. Same principle as above: They didn't decide to have a handicap, to be a certain skin color, to be a certain gender, etc.
* The greatest value to hold is hope (then love... I know the bible has it reversed, but you have to have a degree of hope in order to really love).
* Related: LOVE. LOVE. and LOVE some more.
* Many people share your dirty little secrets and habits... we're all just too afraid to admit them (hence them being dirty secrets).
* Names for others can be good or bad depending on who says them and how they say it.
* Live passionately and fully. Then you'll actually live.
I may keep kind of a rolling list as I think of more. What are some of yours? (Thanks to Mo for the impetus to think about these things. See her list here.)
P.S. Keep them in your prayers.
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