Preach it. And I’ll add to this: NEVER let an opportunity to be knid to someone else pass you by, and it’s more important to be nice than to be right (the BBQ Pit is the exception.)
I have learned that you can choose your own family, and the majority of that family may share absolutely no genetic material with you.
I have learned that I am not as smart as I thought, but that knowledge isn’t as painful as I thought it would be.
My lessons of the year:
I’m really doing what I am meant to be doing, and I’m good at it.
I don’t have to repeat my mother’s mistakes.
Even though I tend to be a pack rat and value my material stuff, when it’s really important, the only thing that matters to me is my life and my husband’s.
I can always work harder at being a better friend.
Things that are “fun at the time” usually have wicked repercussions. (I probably learned this in 2002 as well, but the lesson keeps presenting itself until I’ve really got it down pat.)
Aargh, yes!
PLEASE let this be the year I grow up. It’s about time.
I learned that my fear was greater than the feared, and not to be a willy about it, but push forward.
I learned that it’s okay to want what I want, and that I don’t have to settle for something less because I think it’s all I get, or all I deserve.
That my daughter is the most precious thing in my universe, and that even if I succeed in nothing else in life, I know that through her I have made the world a better place.
That wanting to be liked is admirable, but highly ineffective as a supervisory strategy.
That a 16-ounce sports drink effectively restores most of the calories sweated away by spending half an hour on the treadmill.
That sometimes, the right thing to do IS to follow your heart, even when everyone insists you’re making a mistake.
That even with a Brita® filter, my tap water tastes terrible.
That having a cell phone is not quite the nuisance I thought it would be.
That “no news” is not necessarily good news.
That typing out my longer posts in Word and then copying and pasting them to the SDMB can save me from a lot of frustration.
Meeting my father in 2003 taught me that God can truly change anyone. Even me.
When life gives you lemons, say “no thanks” and give them back. They don’t like that!