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LIFE SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When you THINK you are alone, look around.   Angel 
 
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Things I learned from my Dad:
 
One of the most important things my Dad taught me was to always see the glass as half full.
 
Dad always said, "Don't judge others until after you have tried to see things from their point of view."
 
It is easier to spell correctly, if when learning a new word you pronounce it in your head the was it is spelled.
 
There is always a silver lining to every dark cloud.
 
If you can't say something nice about someone, don't say anything at all.  (I suspect he stole this one from "Thumper's" mother.)
 
Never put conditions on love, always love unconditionally.
 
Enjoy life and family no matter what troubles come your way.
 
You can do it as long as you keep trying, don't give up. 
 
 

THINGS I LEARNED FROM MY MOM:
 
There is no such thing as "constructive" critisim!
 
Complaining about everything doesn't accomplish as much as doing something about it.
 
R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y
 
No matter how hard you try to please some people, sometimes it can't be done.
 
Some people hate to hear others giggle, so they have to take "that carrying on" outside.
 
Most importantly--how NOT to treat others.
 
But she was my mother, I loved her and spent as much time with her as I could, often wondering what in her life had made her so miserable.
 
I suspect that she was more often than not jealous and envious of what others had that she didn't.  When she should have been thankful for what she did have, which was more than she thought.

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For the last several months I've been going through some very difficult times financially.  I can see no way of improving the situation personally due to circumstances beyond my control.
 
I have to trust that God will see me through it as He has with so many other situations.  I give my burdens to the Lord, but then I go back to "what am I going to do?"  Does that sound like trust?  Not really.
 
Pray Muffin, pray.  Then relax and trust so that you can rest peacefully.

I'VE LEARNED THESE FACTS OF LIFE
 
  • that you cannot make someone 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 it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.
  • that it's not what you have in your life, but who you have in your life that counts.
  • that you can get by on charm for fifteen minutes.  After that, you'd better know something.
  • that you shouldn't compare yourself to the best that others can do.
  • that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.
  • that it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.
  • that you should always leave loved ones with loving words.  It may be the last time you see them.
  • that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel.
  • that either you control your attitude or it controls you.
  • that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.
  • that heros are the people who do what has to be done, when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.
  • 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 sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.
  • that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance.  Same goes for true love.
  • that just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, it doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
  • 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 birhdays you've celebrated.
  • that you should never tell a child their dreams are unlikely or outlandish.  Few things are more humiliating, and what a tragedy it would be if they believed it.
  • that no matter how good a friend is, they are going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.
  • that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others.  Sometimes you need to forgive yourself.
  • that no matter how badly your heart is broken, the world doesn't stop for your grief.
  • that our background and circumstances may have influenced who you are, but we are responsible for who we become.
  • that we don't have to change friends, if we understand that friends change.
  • that you shouldn't be so eager to find out a sevret.  It could change your life forever.
  • that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.
  • that no matter how you try to protect your children, they will eventually get hurt in the process.
  • that your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don't even know you.
  • 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 the people you care about most in life, are taken from you too soon.
  • 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.
  • Copy and send this to all the people in whom you have faith.
  • "Never waste an opportunity to tell someone you care for them!"

What I've learned on my own:
 
Sometimes life sucks, sometimes it is great, so hang in there.

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