Life Lessons

1: Be specific with your prayer requests. God apparently thinks that, if you are not specific, then you really aren't wholly interested in just what you're requesting. Therefore, He will answer you, just the way you requested, but in the way you were least expecting.

2: Falling in love is nothing like what they say in the movies, TV shows, or books. It's something that I never want to experience again. Never in all my life have I been so utterly frightened, frustrated, and annoyed. I wish more people knew how it felt, because then maybe they wouldn't be so eager to have it to happen to them.

3: No matter how bad and ugly life gets, something good with always come out of it. Even if you aren't looking.

4: There is a correlation between messed up relationships with a person and those who raised them. If they hate their Dad, Mom, or family in general, they are almost certain to have a miserable time finding a good husband or wife.. or even just boyfriend or girlfriend... or even just friends.

5: It's a rare and beautiful thing when you find a person who rose above the [bad] circumstances of their life. Most people can't rise above the hell they were raised in, so when you find a person who has, treat them well! It's those type of people that keep this world from exploding.

6: Be grateful to God when good times are around. They won't remain forever.

7: Never take friends for granted. You'll regret it later if you do.

8: A Dad is one of the most important people in a girl's life. Do your best to treat them in a way you can look back on and not regret. Because you really get only one Dad (even in divorced/remarried families), and once they're gone, they're gone forever.

9: It's the easiest thing in the world to say you truly believe, and it's the hardest thing in the world to follow through with it. If you fail [to follow through with what you believe], don't wallow in your failure. Get back up and try again. As long as there's a breath in our bodies, we always have a second chance. So lets not spoil it by doing nothing at all because of a previous failure.

10: God remains when everyone else leaves, Christ forgives when no one else will, not even yourself, and the Spirit comforts when nothing else can. Those are the things we never stop learning and are constantly being taught. If there's a "moral" to our life story, that's probably it.