What is the greatest lesson you've learned in life?

[Em in Ohio]

We've all lived for quite some time. We've all learned one or two lessons that have truly stuck with us. What are your one or two big lessons?

I've got to be me. Everyone else is taken.
Life, for many of us, is an unending series of challenges. It pays to persevere.

 

[squatting dog]

I think I put this up somewhere before, but it seems to fit here.

Every minute someone leaves this world behind. We are all in “the line” without knowing it. We never know how many people are before us. We can not move to the back of the line. We can not step out of the line. We can not avoid the line. So while we wait in line -----
Make moments count.
Make priorities.
Make the time.
Make your gifts known.
Make a nobody feel like a somebody.
Make your voice heard.
Make the small things big.
Make someone smile.
Make the change.
Make love.
Make up.
Make peace.
Make sure to tell your people they are loved.
Make sure to have no regrets.
Make sure you are ready.

 

[MarciKS]

Gaer, I appreciate your ability to find beauty
I won't argue about the little cabin
Me?
Let's settle on adorable
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if there's an afterlife perhaps i can return.

 

[asp3]

You can never change the facts but you can always change your attitude.

I like that one too but the way I heard it is "Even if you can't change the situation you can change your attitude."

 

[Em in Ohio]

I like that one too but the way I heard it is "Even if you can't change the situation you can change your attitude."

Do you know if this was from the book, Handbook to Higher Consciousness? I Ching? It was a theme in the 1980's (?) in self-help books.

 

[asp3]

Do you know if this was from the book, Handbook to Higher Consciousness? I Ching? It was a theme in the 1980's (?) in self-help books.

I'm pretty sure I heard it from someone involved in a 12 step program.