Life Lessons|
For years I've collected meaningful words - bits of wisdom so clear they need no explanation. Serene phrases in a world of chaos. They are bits of text, sayings, lyrics. Where possible, I've given credit to the author (or at least where I heard the saying). If none is mentioned, I don't know who said it or where it came from...but it's still full of meaning. |


Find my soul and I'm yours forever." ~ Anonymous |
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When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. ~Oprah Winfrey |
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Denial is usually a cry for more experience. ~Michele Hauf, "Kiss Me Deadly" |
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Failure,whether of the personal, professional or even spiritual kind, is essential to personal expansion. It brings inner growth and a whole host of psychic rewards. Never regret your past. Rather,embrace it as the teacher that it is. ~Robin Sharma, "The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari" |
| Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled. |
| Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer. |
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| Every path has a few puddles. |
| Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a Rain dance. |
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Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. -from 'Me and Bobby Mcgee' by Kris Kristofferson |
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If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere. - Frank A. Clark |
Sometimes you're the bug. -Mark Knopfler, The Bug |
| Resentments are like peeing your pants - they don't affect anyone quite as much as you! |
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verba volant, scripta manent --which in Latin literally means "Spoken words fly away, written words remain." |

| The only difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how we use them. |
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| Promises mean everything, but after they are broken, sorry means nothing. |
-Stephen King, Insomnia |
| You cannot deal with the alligators until you drain the swamp and get out of the mud. |
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| As you go through life, make this your goal - watch the donut not the hole. |

| Fear is a darkroom where negatives are developed. |
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| The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with, never say a word, then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation that you ever had. |
It makes you stupid, can't see the facts. You tell yourself a story. You start believing it. And then like a drunk - you're easy to manipulate. -"Sonny Corinthos", General Hospital |
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When the numbers are running you, instead of you running the numbers - it's time to take your money off the table. - NUMB3RS |

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Live with no excuses and love with no regrets - Montel |
It's whether you get up again. |
| If you love someone tell them... because hearts are often broken by words left unspoken |
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| Serenity comes when I stop expecting and start accepting. |

| Even if I'm on the right track, if I don't move I'll get run over. |
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Life's a dance, you learn as you go - Sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow. Don't worry bout what you don't know - Life's a dance, you learn as you go. - John Michael Mongtomery, Life's a Dance |
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happen without you even knowing it. |
she is beautiful because you love her. |
| The longest journey starts with the first step. |

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I've learned that no matter how much I care some people are just assholes. I've learned it takes years to build up trust, And it only takes suspicion, not proof, to destroy it. I've learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed. I've learned that you shouldn't compare yourself to others - They are more screwed up than you think. I've learned that you can keep vomiting long after you think you're finished. I've learned that depression is merely anger without enthusiasm. I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it. I've learned that there is a fine line between genius and insanity. I've learned that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, The passion fades, and there had better be a lot of money to take its place! I've learned that ex's are like fungus, and keep coming back. I've learned age is a very high price to pay for maturity. I've learned that the people you care most about In life are taken from you too soon, And all of the less important ones just never go away. And the real pains in the ass are permanent. |

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Now I believe there comes a time When everything just falls in line We live an' learn from our mistakes The deepest cuts are healed by faith - Pat Benatar, All Fired Up |
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| Each new day offers a new opportunity. |
| Never give up on the things that make you smile. |
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| May your lost dreams of yesterday become the reality of your tomorrow! |
| In life, the best things to hold on to are each other. |
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| Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch. |
Our reaction to it can be the shortcoming. |
| Happiness is not getting what you want, it is wanting what you get. |
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~ George Elliot |
| When you're flat on your back, there's no way to look but up. |

| Ulcers are what you get from mountain climbing on mole hills. |
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| A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. |
You forget people you meet. But sometimes you meet those people you can't forget. Those are your "friends". |
| I am the author of my life - unfortunately, I'm writing in pen & can't erase my mistakes. |
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| It is what it is. |
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One hour at a time.. One day at a time.. One step at a time. |
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| There is no situation too difficult to be bettered and no unhappiness to great to be lessened. |
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1 Corinthians chapter 13 I may be able to speak the languages of men and even of angels, but if I have no love, my speech is no more than a noisy gong or a clanging bell. I may have the gift of inspired preaching; I may have all knowledge and understand all secrets; I may have all the faith needed to move mountains - but if I have no love, I am nothing. I may give away everything I have, and even give up my body to be burnt - but if I have no love, this does me no good. Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongs; love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth. Love never gives up; and its faith, hope, and patience never fail. Love is eternal. There are inspired messages, but they are temporary; there are gifts of speaking in strange tongues, but they will cease; there is knowledge, but it will pass. For our gifts of knowledge and of inspired messages are only partial; but when what is perfect comes, then what is partial will disappear. When I was a child, my speech, feelings and thinking were all those of a child; now that I am a man, I have no more use for childish ways. What we see now is like a dim image in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. What I know now is only partial; then it will be complete - as complete as God's knowledge of me. Meanwhile these three remain; faith, hope, and love; and the greatest of these is love. |
![]() | A girl and a guy can be just friends, but at one point or another they will fall for each other.. Maybe temporarily, maybe at the wrong time, maybe too late, or maybe forever. |
That way you don't have to remember what you said. |
| Never walk unescorted through your own mind - it can be a dangerous neighborhood. |
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| Happy, Joyous & Free |
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Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place." ~ Zora Neale Hurston |
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If you give her sperm, she'll give you a baby. If you give her a house, she'll give you a home. If you give her groceries, she'll give you a meal. If you give her a smile, she'll give you her heart. She multiplies and enlarges what is given to her. So, if you give her any crap - be ready to receive a ton of shit. |
| It came to pass; it didn't come to stay. |
it is up to me. |
| True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable. |
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I've learned...that life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes. I've learned...that we should be glad God doesn't give us everything we ask for. I've learned...that money doesn't buy class. I've learned...that it's those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular. I've learned...that under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved. I've learned...that the Lord didn't do it all in one day. What makes me think I can? I've learned...that to ignore the facts does not change the facts. I've learned...that the less time I have to work, the more things I get done. |
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Everything always works out, one way or another. It may not be the way you want, But it always works out. |
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| I get the best feeling in the world when you say hi or even smile at me because I know, even if its just for a second, that I've crossed your mind. |
but you can ruin today by worrying about tomorrow. |
| Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you I had no control over. |
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well they come along rarely in your life. The man who lets that slip through his fingers - Is a perfect idiot. -General Hospital |
| Just Remember... Everything is ok in the end. If it's not ok, then its DEFIANTLY not the end! |
| Frame every so-called disaster with these words: 'In five years, will this matter?' |
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| Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card. |
too Hungry, too Angry, too Lonely, or too Tired!! |
| Don't waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment. |
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but first with yourself. |
| Life isn't fair, but it's still good. |
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Friends: Never asks for anything to eat or drink Best friends: Just help themselves Friends: Calls your parents by Mr. and Mrs. and Grandpa is Grandpa Best friends: Calls your parents dad and mom and Grandpa is GRAMPS! Friends: Would bail you out of jail Best friends: would be sitting next to you sayin' "Damn we f*cked up" Friends: Won't laugh at you. Best Friends: Will embarrass your ass when everyone is around! Friends: Has never seen you cry Best friends: Won't tell everyone else you cried...just laugh about it with you in privately when your not still down. Friends: Asks you to write down your number. Best friends: Have you on speed dial Friends: Borrows your stuff for a few days then gives it back. Best friends: Loses your shit and tells you, "My bad...." Friends: Only knows a few things about you Best friends: Could write a very embarrassing biography on your life story... Friends: Will leave you behind if that is what the crowd is doing Best friends: Will kick the ASS of the entire crowd that left you. Friends: Would knock on your front door Best friends: Walk right in and say "I'M HOME" Friends: Know some of your embarrassing moments... Best Friends: Are next to you making them! Friends: You have to tell them not to tell anyone Best friends: They already know not to tell... Friends: Are only through high school Best Friends: They are for life Friends: Will be there to take your drink away from you when they think you've had enough Best Friends: Will look at you stumbling all over the place & say "Bitch drink the rest of that you know we don't waste good shit!" Friends: Will leave you in a ditch Best Friends: Will drag you out of the ditch and laugh at your ASS later! Friends: will help you move Best Friends : will help you move the bodies |
| Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present. |
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Keep an open mind.
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Seduce my mind and you can have my body, Find my soul and I'm yours forever. |
| Great expectations can lead to great disappointments. |
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who never did, and who always will. |
| True friends stab you in the front. |
| Expectations are premeditated resentments. |
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![]() Click the above picture to view a larger size image. | Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about. |
| If you're having a pity party for more than five minutes - you are enjoying it! |
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| Remember yesterday, dream of tomorrow, but live for today. |
or If you keep doin' what your doin' you'll keep gettin' what your gettin' |
| You have to be willing to get rid of the life you have planned, so to have the life that is waiting for you. |
| Glance at the past, but don't stare at it. |
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| If you think handling everything is too much, try letting go. |
not the messenger. |
| The way to get anywhere is to start from where you are. |
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| When you feel left out, reach out. |
| Measure yourself by your best moments not your worst. |
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That which is called madness, That which to me, Is the only sensible way to love." -F. Sagan |
| Things fall apart so that other things can fall together. |
(Feel it, Deal with it and then Heal from it) |
| You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree. |
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| Listen and learn. |
| Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself. |
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He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. ~Jack Cheng |
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| You must be present to win. |
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| If you find yourself in a rut, stop digging. |
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Good friends are like stars.... you don't always see them, but you know they are always there. Keep them close. |
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Hold on to hope. Trust your instincts... Anything is possible. ~D.K. |

Take what you like and leave the rest. Recovery is a process, not an event - it takes time. Just For Today... Change the things I can. Al-Anon doesn't give us the choice between feeling good or feeling bad - it gives us the choice between feeling and not feeling. Recovery is an inside job. There ain't no big deals! Focus on the program - not the problem. "It's alcohol-ISM, not alcohol-WASM !" We came to AA to save our ass, and found out our soul was attached. Hope Unity Gratitude Serenity not drugs Hit your knees...not the bottle! Being Recovered from Alcoholism is like getting a gunshot wound. You can recover from it but it does NOT make you bulletproof. You can recover from alcoholism but it does not make you Immune from Alcohol. No matter how far off the path we've stumbled, we're no more than 12 steps away from the solution! Seven missed meetings makes one weak. "A.A. also stands for "Attitude Adjustment." "I can only carry the message, I can't carry the drunk!" If you want serenity, put your Higher Power between you & your problem. No matter what - you don't have to pick up. HOPE is Helping Other People Everyday! |
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A personal message to R.K. (for whom this page was created) |