Blast from the past

In looking through some boxes that had been packed away, I came across an old journal from the end of my high school days and on into college. What hit me, was one of the entries that I wrote, YEARS ago, suddenly resonated loud and clear with the incidents of today and what I've been dealing with this week. It absolutely incredible, how when you ask God for wisdom, he gives it to you in unconventional ways. So I wanted to share with you my writings:

Things we should learn:

- I need to learn 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 need to learn that no much how much I care, some people just don't care back.

- I have learned that it takes years to build up trust and only seconds to destroy it.

- I have learned that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for the rest of your life.

- I have learned that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others, sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.

- I have learned that just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.

- I have learned that no matter how bad your heart is broken, the world doesn't stop for your grief.

- I have learned that it's not what you have in your life, but who you have in your life that is really important.

- I have learned that it's taking a long time to become the person that I want to be.

- I have learned to always leave loved ones with loving words because it may be the last time you see them.

- I am learning that forgiveness takes practice.

- I have learned that true friendship continues to grow even over longest distances, same goes for love.

- I have also learned there are many ways of falling and staying in love.

From this, I hope that you have learned......