What is the greatest "life lesson" you have learned?

I have learned many lessons, but the one that stands out is that I learned to accept people for who they are, not by what they have. I can look at anyone now and see a human being equal to me. Some people have bad tempers, some are retarded, some are very ill, some have wealth, some are famous, some are religious, some are not religious. I accept them all and respect what they must deal with every day of their lives. The only exceptions to the rule are the criminals who never repent or feel remorse for their crimes. They have yet to learn their life lesson.

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What I have learned the hard way, is never to make a hasty decision

regarding a life changing element. Always think things through, weigh-

ing the pros' and cons' before making that decision. As often, once

you have made up your mind too quickly, you can change the rest of

your life, that you wouldn't have planned on, necessarily. Once you

travel down that path you hastily chose, invariably, you regret it and

can't turn around and take the other path. At least, without creating

major chaos in your life, and others. So as they sang in that Disney,

Davy Crockett song, "Be sure you're right, and then go ahead".

The greatest Life Lesson i have learned that my dad was an alchoholic all of my life-i didn't speak to him for 10 years-he would call & i would hang up on him-Later in life he came to my home telling me he had 6 months to live-he had bone cancer-i made ammends with him those 6 months--he died 6 months to the day his doctors told us he would die-if i could see my dad now i wouldn't care if he was drunk as a skunk-i would just hug him & accept him for who he was-Life is too short-i wish i would have acepted him long ago-no one(including me)is perfect-now i judge NO ONE.

There is no foundation, no secure ground,

upon which people may stand today if it isn't the family.

It's become quite clear to me as I've been sick. If you don't

have the support and love and caring and concern that you

get from a family, you don't have much at all.

Love is so supremely important.

As our great poet Auden said, 'Love each other or perish.' "

Self Reliance

"when your 20 you worry about what people are thinking about you.

at 40 you no longer care what other people think about you.

by the time you get to 60, you realise that nobody was even thinking about you at all!!!"

I love whoever posted this. I'm 19 years old and it's true that I care too much how I am perceived by others.

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ANYWAYS,

best life lesson I've learned is to treat every single person with respect.

Also, not to overestimate people. I used to depend so much on people, but I realize that only I can have the power to help myself.

That life really is to short to worry about every little thing. If something isn't going to matter in 100 years, it's not worth worrying about. Live each day as if it were your last.

Well I didn't learn it but I reflect back: If you spend 4 hours instead of all night in bars (etc.) you have money for the important things later. Upholding the traditions of US Navy can be bad for your liver.

I did learn: One has to laugh daily to be healthy.

Peace.

Time really does go by quicker the older you get, so make the most of everyday to avoid regrets later.

Do not be afraid to take chances.

Be forgiving of yourself, no one is perfect.