IrishWolfhound
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Most of you have probably received e-mails that contain a list (humorous or serious) of life’s great lessons.
Over the past year I’ve learned a few lessons, myself. Some came hard. A few came easy. And some were purchased very dearly.
They are, in no particular order:
1) No matter how much you love someone, you can’t fix their problems. They have to want to do that for themselves.
2) Sometimes, no matter how painful, you have to choose the road that is right for you.
3) If someone says they don’t love you, they probably don’t, no matter how much you wish to the contrary.
4) And in the long run you are probably better off if they don’t love you.
5) That another person’s feelings on something are legitimate. They own those feelings.
6) But that doesn’t mean you have to buy into them.
7) That when you are sad and lonely, the nicest bar is still the worst place in the world to be.
8) That a quiet night alone with someone who knows you is the best place in the world to be.
9) That I am strong enough to make it on my own.
10) But life is sweeter when shared with someone special.
11) That I actually like some country music, but jazz is still my first love.
12) It doesn’t matter where you live, or what you do for a living, as long as you are where your heart belongs.
13) That the most intense sex you will ever experience pales in comparison to the feeling you get from a voice on the phone at midnight saying “I love you”.
14) I am absolutely terrible at fucking.
15) But given the opportunity I just might be good at making love.
16) Just because a woman asks…you don’t have to say yes, even if she is attractive.
17) Despite not understanding what I’m doing or why I’m doing it, my family still loves me. (I always expected my wife would get my parents in the divorce settlement.)
18) I have friends who care about me.
19) That Ricky Nelson was right…you can’t please everybody, so you have to please yourself.
20) I’m a pretty damn special person.
There were probably many more. But those are the big ones.
If anybody would care to add to this with their own lessons…feel free.
Over the past year I’ve learned a few lessons, myself. Some came hard. A few came easy. And some were purchased very dearly.
They are, in no particular order:
1) No matter how much you love someone, you can’t fix their problems. They have to want to do that for themselves.
2) Sometimes, no matter how painful, you have to choose the road that is right for you.
3) If someone says they don’t love you, they probably don’t, no matter how much you wish to the contrary.
4) And in the long run you are probably better off if they don’t love you.
5) That another person’s feelings on something are legitimate. They own those feelings.
6) But that doesn’t mean you have to buy into them.
7) That when you are sad and lonely, the nicest bar is still the worst place in the world to be.
8) That a quiet night alone with someone who knows you is the best place in the world to be.
9) That I am strong enough to make it on my own.
10) But life is sweeter when shared with someone special.
11) That I actually like some country music, but jazz is still my first love.
12) It doesn’t matter where you live, or what you do for a living, as long as you are where your heart belongs.
13) That the most intense sex you will ever experience pales in comparison to the feeling you get from a voice on the phone at midnight saying “I love you”.
14) I am absolutely terrible at fucking.
15) But given the opportunity I just might be good at making love.
16) Just because a woman asks…you don’t have to say yes, even if she is attractive.
17) Despite not understanding what I’m doing or why I’m doing it, my family still loves me. (I always expected my wife would get my parents in the divorce settlement.)
18) I have friends who care about me.
19) That Ricky Nelson was right…you can’t please everybody, so you have to please yourself.
20) I’m a pretty damn special person.
There were probably many more. But those are the big ones.
If anybody would care to add to this with their own lessons…feel free.
