What’s one truth about life that you think everyone eventually learns?

[Lewkat]

The world does not revolve around you.

 

[BeefStu]

Life is hard……

But certainly beats the alternative.

 

[DebraMae]

It doesn't matter what others think about you but it does matter what you think about yourself.

 

[officerripley]

That the only real safety that exists is provided by other people (the right kind of people, of course). I always used to think I could find safety by other means (lots of money, the supernatural, etc.) but was wrong and wish I had learned this much earlier.

 

[Naturally]

FAIR is a place where you eat cotton candy and ride the merry-go-round. Hang on tight and try not to spill the coffee. Life will hand you plenty of things to trip over: some sticky, some slick, surprising and absurd, occasionally ridiculous, always memorable. Laughter is optional but highly recommended.

 

[Capt Lightning]

ars longa vita brevis

 

[Lewkat]

Don't sweat the small things.

 

[C50]

That a hot stove will burn you so don't touch it.

 

[Jazzy1]

It's not what you know, it's who you know.

 

[Gemma]

You are stronger than you think.

 

[Rae]

Take one day at a time and don't rush decisions

 

[SeaBreeze]

If you waste your life regretting the past or worrying about the future, you deny yourself the opportunity to cherish the precious moments of the present.

 

[HazyDavey]

"It's always something." ~ Roseanne Roseannadanna

 

[IrishEyes]

Take care of your digestion tract and your life will be much more pleasant.

 

[MountainRa]

Time is your most valuable asset.

 

[asp3]

The only way out is through.

 

[Llynn]

"Dont take life so serious, Son. It ain't nowhow permanent" Pogo Possum - Walt Kelley

Speaking personally, I am very engaged in accepting this truth at this moment.

 

[Magna-Carta]

"What’s one truth about life that you think everyone eventually learns?"

Some learn it sooner than others, but most of what we worry about when we are younger turns out to matter far less as we get older. The things you can’t control or directly influence aren’t worth carrying around with you -- just let them go, and stop worrying about things you can't control or directly influence.

Spend time enjoying life instead -- and with things that make you happy -- and with people who will enjoy it with you. In reality, nothing much else matters, neither does most of the past. These thoughts only come from experience -- there is nothing profound in it at all.

 

[MoBeans]

If you do more than is expected of you, pretty soon more will be expected of you.

 

[George1959]

If you do more than is expected of you, pretty soon more will be expected of you.

The socialist countries behind the iron curtain did use it to force their laborers working more and more. Socialism always ends in communism, which means the end of personal freedom, GULAGs and mass killings of their citizens. Proved in the Sovjet Union, North Korea and China. And Pol Pot was not better either ("killing fields").

(Members of this forum who defend or even like socialism, better take your drugs before reading this. I don't want that you die of heart failure ).

 

[LoveTulips]

Don't expect to be treated the same way that you treat people. I think that was the biggest shock for myself as a child. My family were wonderful but at school, classmates and teachers were cruel at times. And then, the work world, don't get me started about bosses.

 

[Warrigal]

There are no pockets in shrouds.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Just listen to the words of the song.

Everything Must Change