By Paulo Coelho
This text, which I found on the Internet, is I think worth reproducing here:
I have learned (author unknown)
I’ve learned that you cannot make someone love you. All you can do is be someone who can be loved. The rest is up to them;
I’ve learned that no matter how much I care, some people just don’t care back;
I’ve learned that it takes years to build up trust, and only seconds to destroy it.
I’ve learned that it’s not what you have in your life but who you have in your life that counts;
I’ve learned that you can get by on charm, for about fifteen minutes. After that, you’d better know something;
I’ve learned that you shouldn’t compare yourself to the best others can do.
I’ve learned that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.
I’ve learned that it’s taking me a long time to become the person that I want to be.
I’ve learned that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may b the last time you see them.
I’ve learned that you can keep going long after you can’t.
I’ve learned that we are responsible for all we do, no matter how we feel.
I’ve learned that either you control your attitude or it controls you.
I’ve learned that no matter how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take it’s place.
I’ve learned that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.
I’ve learned that money is a lousy way of keeping score.
I’ve learned that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.
I’ve learned that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you’re downhill are the ones to help you get back up.
I’ve learned that sometimes when I’m angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn’t give me the right to be cruel.
I’ve learned that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.
I’ve learned that just because someone doesn’t love you the way you want them to doesn’t mean that they don’t love you with all they have.
I’ve learned that maturity had more to do with what types of experiences you’ve had and what you’ve learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you’ve celebrated.
I’ve learned that your family won’t always be there for you. It may seem funny, but people you aren’t related to can take care of you and love you and teach you to trust people again. Families aren’t biological.
I’ve learned that no matter how good a friend is, they’re going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.
I’ve learned that it isn’t always enough to be forgiven by others. Sometimes you have to forgive yourself.
I’ve learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken, the world doesn’t stop for your grief.
I’ve learned that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.
I’ve learned that just because two people argue, it doesn’t mean they don’t love each other. And just because they don’t argue, it doesn’t mean they do.
I’ve learned that we don’t have to change friends if we understand that friends change.
I’ve learned that you shouldn’t be so eager to find out a secret. It could change your life forever.
I’ve learned that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.
I’ve learned that no matter how you try to protect your children, they will eventually get hurt and you will get hurt in the process.
I’ve learned that your life can be changed in a matter of hours by people who don’t even know you.
I’ve learned that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.
I’ve learned that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.
I’ve learned that the people you care about the most in life are taken from you too soon.
I’ve learned that it’s hard to determine where to draw the line between being nice and not hurting people’s feelings and standing up for what you believe.
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I have a question about something that makes me curious.
On the text, there is a sentence like the following.
“I’ve learned that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.”
I think that this sentence means there is no absolute right and no absolute wrong. What some people think right can be wrong to other people, and vice versa. Then, the problem is, How can we recognize which is right and which is wrong? What do you think about it?
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laura Reply:
September 9th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Alan where you say “there is no absolute right and no absolute wrong” i think there is NO right and there is NO wrong…just different sets of circumstances that have an enormous selection of applications, and our personal choice of these applications are determined by the energy we are emitting and in turn this energy is as a direct result of our thoughts
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Shivam Reply:
September 12th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
i think that there is nothing which is perfect in this world..cause the world goes like this…one does a mistake and the other rectifies it and so on….
and as per my thought i too feel that it is beyond the thought and thinking of mankind to know something which is had got the absolute correctness….and if anyone gets that…he is no more a normal…
the truth of life is disclosed to him…
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I have learned that there in nothing better than Paulo Coelho! :D
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I’ve learned that we should be living at the moment as if there are no remaining days for us.
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I have learned that love does not conquer all, and yet we still have to go on.
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I ve learned that some people can harm you and then sleep conscience-free…even snorring…
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I have learnt you don´t always get what you want but what you need.
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This is a fragment taken from a poem written by Octavina Paler, contemporary Romanian writer, philosopher and essayist.
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I have learnt that learning should be continuous if you stop it, you will stop living too.
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I have learn that in life u always get what you wish for, always, you living it without realizing that you have asked for it.
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i’ve learned that heartbreaks aren’t only for lovers but also to those who are able to truly love other people.
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I have learnt no matter how much you try ,you never forget.
I have learnt that sometimes love isn’t enough.
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The Romanian writer- Octavian Paler wrote this.
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i have learned that love is endless
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I’ve learned that even small words can change the way you think, the way you feel, and the way you look at what life is really all about.
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I have learned that no matter how you try, some things are not meant to be.
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I’ve learned that reading a good book is like having a coffee with a good friend.
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